Title: So I came Forth of the Sea…, from: Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, 1948
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Laid Paper
Paper size: 43 x 33 cm. / 16.9 x 12.9 in.
Image size: 37.5 x 28.3 cm. / 14.7 x 11.1 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 90 and inscribed “pl. 5” at the lower left margin
The work is the 5th plate (of 12) from the Album “Four Tales from the Arabian Nights”.
This work was printed in 1948 in a limited edition of 90 signed and numbered impressions by Albert Carman, New York. It was published by Pantheon, New York.
There is a thirteenth composition which was only included in ten of the portfolios.
Note: Each composition illustrates a piece of text from one of four tales from the Arabian nights. This composition relates to the story of “Julnar the Sea-Born and her son King Badr Bassim of Persia”. The text from which the image was created is – “So I came forth of the Sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine…”
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I: 1922-1957 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 40
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer
Reference: Cramer 18
Condition: Excellent condition. The colours are strong.
Title: They were in Forty Pairs…, from: Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, 1948
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Laid Paper
Paper size: 43 x 33 cm. / 16.9 x 12.9 in.
Image size: 37 x 28.5 cm. / 14.6 x 11.2 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 90 and inscribed “pl. 2” at the lower left margin
The work is the 2nd plate (of 12) from the Album “Four Tales from the Arabian Nights”.
This work was printed in 1948 in a limited edition of 90 signed and numbered impressions by Albert Carman, New York. It was published by Pantheon, New York.
There is a thirteenth composition which was only included in ten of the portfolios.
Note: Each composition illustrates a piece of text from one of four tales from the Arabian nights. This composition relates to the story of “Kamar al- Zaman and the Jewellers Wife”. The text from which the image was created is – “They were in forty pairs, thus numbering fourscore and in their midst a young lady, riding on a horse, her face unveiled…”
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I: 1922-1957 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 37
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer
Reference: Cramer 18
Condition: Very good condition. Two very skilfully repaired tears at the upper sheet edge. The tip of the lower left corner cut. The colours are very strong.
Title: Then the Boy displayed to the Dervish his Bosom…, from: Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, 1948
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Laid Paper
Paper size: 43 x 33 cm. / 16.9 x 12.9 in.
Image size: 38 x 28.6 cm. / 15 x 11.3 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 90 and inscribed “pl. 1” at the lower left margin
The work is the 1st plate (of 12) from the Album “Four Tales from the Arabian Nights”.
This work was printed in 1948 in a limited edition of 90 signed and numbered impressions by Albert Carman, New York. It was published by Pantheon, New York.
There is a thirteenth composition which was only included in ten of the portfolios.
Note: Each composition illustrates a piece of text from one of four tales from the Arabian nights. This composition relates to the story of “Kamar al- Zaman and the Jewellers Wife”. The text from which the image was created is – “Then the boy displayed to the Dervish his bosom, saying, “Look at my breasts which be goodlier than the breasts of maidens and my lipdews are sweeter than sugar candy…”
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I: 1922-1957 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 36
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer
Reference: Cramer 18
Condition: Excellent condition. Very pale, unobtrusive time-staining around the image.
Title: Angel with Sword, from: The Bible | L’ange à l’épée, 1956
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 38 x 27 cm. / 15 x 10.6 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the centre of the lower image.
It is also numbered in pencil, from the edition of 75 at the lower left image.
The work was printed in 1956 by Mourlot, Paris in a limited deluxe edition of only 75 hand signed and numbered impressions.
It was published by Tériade for Verve, Paris in 1956.
Literature: Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 119
Title: Eiffel Tower with Donkey: Derrière le Miroir | La Tour Eiffel à l’Âne, 1954
Technique: Original Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 38.2 x 27.6 cm. / 15 x 10.9 in.
Image size: 35 x 27 cm. / 13.8 x 10.6 in.
Additional Information: This is a beautiful original lithograph in colours by Marc Chagall. It was printed in 1954 as part of the Derrière le Miroir publication of 11 lithographs to accompany the exhibition titled “Paris” held at Galerie Maeght in 1954.
This is from the limited edition of 2,500 unsigned impressions.
It was printed by Mourlot, Paris, and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1954.
Literature: Mourlot, F., and Sorlier, C., (1998). Chagall: The Lithographs (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 97
Title: St. Germain-des Prés, from: Derrière le Miroir, 1954
Technique: Original Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 38.2 x 27.6 cm. / 15 x 10.9 in.
Image size: 35 x 27 cm. / 13.8 x 10.6 in.
Additional Information: This is a beautiful original lithograph in colours by Marc Chagall. It was printed in 1954 as part of the Derrière le Miroir publication of 11 lithographs to accompany the exhibition titled “Paris” held at Galerie Maeght in 1954.
This is from the limited edition of 2,500 unsigned impressions.
It was printed by Mourlot, Paris, and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris in 1954.
Literature: Mourlot, F., and Sorlier, C., (1998). Chagall: The Lithographs (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 100
Technique: Original Hand Signed Unique Monotype in Colours on Japan Nacré Paper
Paper size: 38.5 x 56.5 cm. / 15.2 x 22.2 in.
Image size: 25.2 x 32 cm. / 9.9 x 12.6 in.
Additional Information: This colour monotype is hand signed in black ink, “Marc Chagall” at the lower left corner of the image.
The work was realized by Jacques Frelaut in 1962.
This work is a unique piece. Chagall created a total of 308 unique monotype throughout his lifetime.
Marc Chagall began to produce monotypes only when Gerald Cramer, his Swiss publisher at the time suggested it to him in the late 1950’s. From that point, Chagall worked with Cramer and the printer Jacques Frelaut to produce an outstanding group of etchings, aquatints, woodcuts and monotypes including our work “Le Repos”. In fact, an exhibition of examples from that body of works was presented at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York between November 1979 and January 1980. Riva Castlemain, Director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the MOMA, interestingly noted at the time that
“This exhibition is about the creative interaction of three devoted people”.
This work, “Le Repos”, has many typical aspects of iconography of this artist such as the couple, the bouquet and the bird.
Exhibitions:
Bouquinerie de l’Institut, Paris “Marc Chagall Monotypes” 20th October to 23rd December 2011
Galerie Patrick Cramer, Geneva “Marc Chagall Monotypes” 19th November -21 January 2012.
Literature: Cramer G. (1966). Marc Chagall Monotypes Volume I. Geneva: Gérald Cramer.
Reference: Illustrated Cramer 140 p. 116
Title: After Winter, from: Beyond the Mirror | Après l’Hiver, from: Derrière le Miroir 1972
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 51 x 66 cm. / 20.1 x 26 in.
Image size: 32 x 44 cm. / 12.6 x 17.3 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 deluxe edition of 50 at the lower left margin.
This work was printed in 1972 in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions by Fernand Mourlot, Paris. It was published by Éditions Maeght, Paris.
This subject was included in the 198th issue of the magazine Derrière le Miroir [Beyond the Mirror], which was published in an edition of 1,000.
Our impression however is from the deluxe edition of only 50 impressions which were hand signed by the artist.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin.
Literature: Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1974). Chagall: The Lithographs IV (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 651
Condition: Excellent condition. Very pale, even time-staining across the sheet.
Title: Echo, from: Daphnis and Chloe | L’Echo, 1961
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 53.6 x 75.5 cm. / 21.1 x 29.7 in.
Image size: 42 x 63.5 cm. / 16.6 x 25 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 hand numbered in penci at the lower left margin, from the edition of 60.
This is one of the 42 plates that are part of the Daphnis and Chloe series of Marc Chagall.
Our impression is from the deluxe edition of 60 hand signed and numbered impressions.
There was a further book edition of 250 impressions (not signed, not numbered and without margins)
It was published by Tériade Éditeur, Paris in 1961.
The paper bears the Arches watermark.
The story of Daphnis and Chloe, a pastoral elegy attributed to the 3rd century Greek poet Longus, dates from the second century A.D.
It is a classical romance involving the adventures of two foundling children raised by adopted parents who are humble shepherds in the idyllic setting of the Isle of Lesbos.
The discovery of the infants who have been left exposed takes place at different times, but in both circumstances their clothing and rich tokens found with them suggest the foundlings may be of noble birth. In each instance the shepherd who finds the baby is alone and tempted to steal their treasure and leave them to fate, but instead bows to the paternal instinct to nurture and raise the child as his own.
As Daphnis and Chloe grow to be young adults tending their adopted parents’ sheep and goats on the sun-drenched Grecian hillsides and pastures, they discover that their friendship is turning to love but in their innocence they do not know how to proceed.
Together they experience many trials and tribulations, protected throughout by the god Pan, before finally realizing their true fate.
Daphnis and Chloe has served through the ages as the inspiration for nearly every love story that has followed including Romeo and Juliet.
In 1959 Efstratios Tériade, the publisher of the vastly influential 20th century art review Verve, approached Chagall suggesting to him that he undertake a new project, illustration of the prose romance Daphnis & Chloe.
The idea of reviving and illustrating this story, which had been widely popular primarily in France and England throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, is one that greatly appealed to Chagall.
He began his preparation by making two trips to Greece, traveling there to absorb the inspiration of the Greek landscape. Over the course of three years Chagall worked on this project creating forty-two lithographs. These has since been heralded as one of Chagall’s greatest graphic achievement. In the introduction to the set in the Mourlot catalogue raisonné it is referred to as “the most important graphic work that Marc Chagall has created thus far.”
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F. & Sorlier, C. (1998). Chagall: The Lithographs (Catalogue Raisonne). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 340
2. Cramer, P. (1995). The Illustrated Books of Marc Chagall. Geneva: Galerie Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 46
Condition: Very good condition. Pale, unobtrusive staining in the margins. Remnants of moisture staining, visible only verso.
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin who was born in Belarus, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He is associated with the modern movements after impressionism. Born in 1887, his Jewish origins and rural upbringing in Russia had a lasting effect on Chagall’s life. His poetic mastery of dreams, memories and folklore dominated his work and commitment to original printmaking throughout his life. Chagall was 63 years old when he first came to Mourlot in 1950 to study the technique of colour lithography with Charles Sorlier. Already a famous artist with nothing to prove, Chagall nevertheless worked tirelessly to master the nuances and subtleties of this demanding medium for his own satisfaction. Marc Chagall fabricated a mystical world of lovers, musicians and artists in his work. He chose lithography as a print medium that could offer him almost unlimited painterly freedom to explore his world. “Something would have been lacking in my life if, in addition to my passion for colour, I had not been involved with engraving or lithography…Each time I held a lithographic stone or copperplate in my hand I thought I was touching a talisman. It seemed to me that I could put all my joys and sorrows in it…..Everything that touched my life through the years, births, deaths, weddings, flowers, animals, birds, the poor workers, my parents, lovers in the night, the biblical prophets, on the street, at home, in the temple and in heaven. And as I grew older, the tragedy of life within us and around us.” Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-Belarusian-French painter of Jewish origin who was born in Belarus, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He is associated with the modern movements after impressionism. Born in 1887, his Jewish origins and rural upbringing in Russia had a lasting effect on Chagall’s life. His poetic mastery of dreams, memories and folklore dominated his work and commitment to original printmaking throughout his life. Chagall was 63 years old when he first came to Mourlot in 1950 to study the technique of colour lithography with Charles Sorlier. Already a famous artist with nothing to prove, Chagall nevertheless worked tirelessly to master the nuances and subtleties of this demanding medium for his own satisfaction. Marc Chagall fabricated a mystical world of lovers, musicians and artists in his work. He chose lithography as a print medium that could offer him almost unlimited painterly freedom to explore his world. \"Something would have been lacking in my life if, in addition to my passion for colour, I had not been involved with engraving or lithography...Each time I held a lithographic stone or copperplate in my hand I thought I was touching a talisman. It seemed to me that I could put all my joys and sorrows in it.....Everything that touched my life through the years, births, deaths, weddings, flowers, animals, birds, the poor workers, my parents, lovers in the night, the biblical prophets, on the street, at home, in the temple and in heaven. And as I grew older, the tragedy of life within us and around us.\" Marc Chagall
