CHAGALL, MARC
1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence
Title: Le Cirque.
Subtitle: Complete volume.
Date: 1967.
23 colour lithographs, 3 of them double-sided and 15 lithographs each on double pages,
folded in the centre, with text imprint. Each on ARCHES (watermark). 42,3 x 32,5 and 42,3
x 65cm. Signed and numbered in the imprint. Tériade, Paris (ed.). Ex. 74/250. in original
cloth-covered binding and slipcase.
Provenance:
- Private collection Baden-Württemberg
Literature:
- Cain, Julien (ed.): Chagall - Lithograph III, 1962-1968, Monte Carlo 1969, cat. rais. no. 490 - 527
- Cramer, Patrick: Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva 1995, cat. rais.. no. 68
- A major graphic work by the artist that is rarely offered in its entirety on the art market
- The intense colours, the dynamic line and the harmony between text and image make the suite an exceptional work
- For Chagall, the circus was the ideal setting for his dreamlike depictions between reality and fantasy.
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