Original Hand-Coloured Etching with Watercolour on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 53.5 x 39 cm. / 20.9 x 15.35 in.
Image size: 32.5 x 23.5 cm. / 12.8 x 9.25 in.
This original etching is hand-coloured by the artist in yellow, orange and green watercolour.
It is signed in pencil "M. Ch." in the lower right margin.
It is numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, in the lower left margin.
This etching is part of the "The Bible" series and was printed by Raymond Haasen, Paris in 1958 in a limited edition of 100 hand-coloured impressions.
It is one the 105 images that Chagall created for this important series published by Tériade, Paris. This is the 69th composition.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the lower margin.
Literature: Cramer, Patrick. Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné.
Reference: Cramer 30
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale, unobtrusive staining around the image.
