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MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes
Title: Take up again, muses… Theocritus, from: In the Land of the Gods| Reprenez muses…Theocritus: Sur la Terre des Dieux, 1967
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 64.8 x 49.5 cm. / 25.5 x 19.5 in.
Image size: 46 x 36 cm. / 18.1 x 14.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left corner. There wsd also an edition of 25 reserved for the artist, author and collaborators
This work was printed in 1967 by Mourlot, Paris and published by A.C. Mazo, Paris in the same year.
This subject is the ninth of twelve lithographs comprising the portfolio “Sur la Terre des Dieux” [In the Land of the Gods]. Reprenez muses, reprenez avec moi le chant bucolique. [Take up again, muses, take up again with me the bucolic song].
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1974). Chagall: The Lithographs III: 1962-1968 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 537
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 72
Condition: Excellent condition.
