Title: The Rider and the Rooster | L’écuyère et le coq, 1943
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Wood Engraving on Japan Paper
Paper size: 47.5 x 33 cm. / 18.7 x 13 in.
Image size: 17.6 x 11.2 cm. / 7 x 4.4 in.
Additional Information: This original wood engraving is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil “14/20” at the lower left margin.
The artist created this rare subject in 1943 whilst in New York, but it was published in a limited number of 20 impressions in the early 1950s.
Literature: Kornfeld, E.W. (1971). Marc Chagall – Catalogue Raisonné de l’ouevre gravé. Vol I 1922-1966. Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein.
Reference: Kornfeld 84
Condition: Excellent condition. (A 50 mm crease into the right of the image. A 3 mm. hole in the left of the image).
Title: The Magic Flute II | La Flûte Enchantée II, 1972
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 59 x 44 cm / 23.2 x 17.3 in
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
The lithograph is also hand numbered in pencil “38/50” at the lower left margin.
This lithograph was printed in a limited edition of 50 impressions by Mourlot, Paris.
Note: In 1964, the Metropolitan Opera commissioned Marc Chagall to design the stage sets and costumes for its first production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece The Magic Flute. A fantastical tale of romance and adventure set in ancient Egypt, “The Magic Flute” follows the handsome prince Tamino as he pursues his true love, the beautiful princess Pamina. It is an opera in two acts accompanied by a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
Considered by Marc Chagall the greatest of all operas, “so spiritual, so religious,” he attempted to draw parallels between the Bible and Mozart’s opera To him, they both shared the fundamental principles of goodness and truth; “For me there is nothing on earth that approaches those two perfections, The Magic Flute and the Bible,” he said.
Literature: Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1974). Chagall: The Lithographs IV: 1969-1973 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 665
Technique: Original Lithograph in Colours on paper
Paper size: 35 x 26 cm / 13.8 x 10.2 in
Additional Information: This is an Original Lithograph in Colours by Marc Chagall titled “David and Absalom”.
It was printed in 1956 as part of the series “The Bible” in a limited but unsigned edition.
The work bears an additional Black and White Lithograph on the reverse. See images.
The series was printed by Mourlot, Paris and published by editions Verve.
Literature: Chagall: The Lithographs: Catalogue Raisonne, by Charles Sorlier and Fernand Mourlot.
Reference: M. 133 & M. 138.
Additional Information: This is a Beautiful Original Color Lithograph by Marc Chagall titled “Cain and Abel”.
It was printed in 1960 as part of the series “The Bible” in a limited but unsigned edition.
The work bears an additional Black and White Lithograph on the reverse. See images.
The series was published by Mourlot, Paris.
Literature: Chagall: The Lithographs: Catalogue Raisonne, by Charles Sorlier and Fernand Mourlot.
Reference: M. 238.
Condition: Very Good Condition, light surface dirt on the reverse.
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
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