MOURA CHABOR 1905-1995
(French/American)
Title: Dancing Couple
Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Dedicated Woodcut on fibre paper
Paper Size: 25 x 34.5 cm / 9.8 x 13.6 in
Image Size: 15 x 23.5 cm / 5.9 x 9.3 in
Additional Information: This original print is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Moura Chabor” in the lower right margin.
It is hand numbered in pencil “no. 1/5” in the lower left margin.
Furthermore, it is dedicated in pencil “Pour Charlotte Bergman” in the lower left margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of only 5 impressions.
Provenance: The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem.
Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum’s benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60’s, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum.
As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn’t have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth many millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes, among other works of Picasso, Braque and other great 20th century masters.
Condition: Very good condition. Very light handling marks. Rough edges.
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.
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.
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
Title: Then he Spent the Night with her Embracing and Clipping…, 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 cm. / 14.6 x 11 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. 3”, at the lower left margin
The work is the 3rd 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.
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 he spent the night with her embracing and clipping…”
Literature:
1. Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C., (1960). Chagall: The Lithographs I: 1922-1957 (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: Mourlot 38
2. Cramer, P. (1995). Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Geneva: Cramer
Reference: Cramer 18
Condition: Very good condition. Very pale, unobtrusive staining across the sheet. Two areas of skinning at the lower corners verso. A skilfully repaired tear at the upper sheet edge.
EDGAR CHAHINE
Venice 1874-1947 France (Armenian / French / Italian)
Title: Portrait of Alfred Stevens, 1900
Technique: Original Plate Signed and Inscribed Etching on paper
Paper Size: 20.3 x 28 cm / 7.9 x 11 in
Plate Size: 14.4 x 21.2 cm / 5.6 x 8.3 in
Additional Information: This etching is signed and dated in the plate by the artist “Edgar Chahine 1900” at the lower left of the image. It is also titled “Alfred Stevens” in the lower centre of the image.
It is inscribed in the plate at the lower left of the image “Imp Leroy” and at the lower right of the image “Gazette des Beaux Arts”.
This print is probably from the 7th state realised by Chahine in 1900. A small edition has been printed for La Gazette des Beaux Arts, Paris.
Literature: “Edgar Chahine: Catalogue de l’Oeuvre Grave”, by M.R. Tabanelli, Published by IL Mercante de Stampe editeur, Milano, 1977.
Reference: Tabanelli No. 54, illustrated.
Condition: Good condition.
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Vólos, Greece 1888 – 1978 Rome (Italian)
Title: Orestes and Pylades (Second Version) | Oreste e Pilade (Second Version), 1970
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Marais Wove Paper
Paper size: 70 x 50.5 cm. / 27.6 x 19.9 in.
Image size: 45.3 x 33.5 cm. / 17.8 x 13.2 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “G. de Chirico” at the lower right.
The work is also titled in pencil “Oreste e Pilade” in the centre of the lower margin.
The work is numbered in pencil from the edition of 99, at the lower left margin.
It was printed by Alberto Caprini Atelier, Rome in a limited edition of 99 signed and numbered impressions in 1975.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the artist next to the numbering and the printer’s blindstamp is situated at the lower right corner. The Marais watermark is in the centre of the right margin.
Literature: Brandani, E. (1999). Catalogo dell’opera grafica 1969-1977. Volume II. Bologna: Bora.
Reference: Brandani 8
Condition: Excellent condition. Remnants of hinging at the centre of edge sheet edge, verso.
CHRISTO, JAVACHEFF b. 1935
(German)
Title: Wrapped Coast: Little Bay, Australia, 1969
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Offset Photograph in colors on stiff wove paper
Paper Size: 47 x 69 cm / 18.5 x 27.2 in
Additional Information: This work by Christo is hand signed in blue felt-tip pen at the lower right corner as well as hand numbered.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 100 hand signed and numbered impressions for The Israeli Museum in Jerusalem.
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