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Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 48 x 32.4 cm. / 18.9 x 12.6 in.
Image size: 31.5 x 24.5 cm. / 12.4 x 9.7 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist ‘Marc Chagall’ at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered from the edition of 40, at the lower left margin.
It was printed by Fernand Mourlot and published by André Sauret, Montecarlo.
The paper bears a partial Arches watermark in the lower right margin.
This is the second of fifteen lithographs created for inclusion in the first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Chagall lithographs.
Provenance:
Walentowski Galerien, Dresden (Acquired in 2004).
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1963). Chagall: The Lithographs II: 1957-1962 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 282.
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer.
Reference: Cramer Books 43
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale, unobtrusive time-staining around the image. Remnants of hinging tape at three corners, verso.
