CHAGALL, MARC
1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence
Title: Carmen.
Date: 1967.
Technique: Colour lithograph on Arches vellum.
Depiction Size: 100,5 x 65cm.
Sheet Size: 101,5 x 66,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered.
Number: 122/200.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
In the stone on the lower left is the typographical inscription: D'après Marc Chagall - CH. Sorlier Grav. The lithograph was printed by Mourlot, Paris.
The work is based on a detail of a design for Chagall's mural "Triumph of Music", which the artist created for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The first draft of the subject was used as a poster for the opera. This second draft was further developed by the artist and published in a limited edition of 200 copies.
Provenance:
- Private collection South Germany
Literature:
- Sorlier, Charles: Chagall - Lithograph V, 1974-1979, Monte-Carlo 1984, cat. rais. no. CS 39, ill.
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