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CHAGALL, Marc, Paysage au Coq (Landscape with Rooster), 1958
Marc Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia. From 1907 to 1910, he studied in Saint Petersburg, at the Imperial Society for the Protecti… [Read biography »]
Signed Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985), Original Color Lithograph, Paysage au Coq (Landscape with Rooster), 1958  |
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| Artist: | Chagall, Marc (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | Paysage au Coq (Landscape with Rooster), 1958 |
| Medium: | Original Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 22 in x 14 3/4 in (55.88 cm x 37.47 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 25 3/4 in x 19 in (65.41 cm x 48.26 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 44 in x 38 in (111.76 cm x 96.52 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Numbered 99/100 in pencil in the lower left |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | |
Deep, rich blues inundate this composition allowing Chagall's expressive and characteristic brushstroke to shine through. The whimsical figures making up this piece include a robust and confident rooster, widely known as a symbol of fertility and prosperity and a common muse to Chagall's many works. The nighttime landscape seems to be on the verge of daybreak, as the contrasting blues make for a harmonious outdoor nature scene with trees, a fish, and two female characters bathed in moonlight. Highlights of red, yellow, and green work together to make for a lusher, fuller piece, contrasting nicely with the dominant blues throughout. The large scale of the work also serves to be an integral part of the viewing experience, enveloping its audience within the magical landscape that Chagall has created to inspire, arouse, and excite our senses. Created in 1958, Paysage au Coq was hand-signed by March Chagall (1887 - 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin, it is also numbered 99/100 in pencil in the lower left margin. Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris on Arches wove paper and published by Maeght. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Cramer, Patrick. Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Patrick Cramer: Geneva, 1995. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 36 on pgs. 132-3. 2. Gauss, Ulrike, ed. Marc Chagall - The Lithographs, La Collection Sorlier. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 208 on pg. 111. 3. Mourlot, Fernand. The Lithographs of Chagall, 1957 - 1962, André Sauret: Monte Carlo, 1963. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 208 on pgs. 33-4. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | Modern Master |
Biography of Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
Marc Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia. From 1907 to 1910, he studied in Saint Petersburg, at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts and later with Léon Bakst. In 1910, he moved to Paris, where he associated with Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay and encountered Fauvism and Cubism. He participated in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne in 1912. His first solo show was held in 1914 at Der Sturm gallery in Berlin.
Chagall visited Russia in 1914, and was prevented from returning to Paris by the outbreak of war. He settled in Vitebsk, where he was appointed Commissar for Art in 1918. He founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School and directed it until disagreements with the Suprematists resulted in his resignation in 1920. He moved to Moscow and executed his first stage designs for the State Jewish Chamber Theater there. After a sojourn in Berlin, Chagall returned to Paris in 1923 and met Ambroise Vollard. His first retrospective took place in 1924 at the Galerie Barbazanges-Hodebert, Paris. During the 1930s, he traveled to Palestine, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and Italy. In 1933, the Kunsthalle Basel held a major retrospective of his work.
During World War II, Chagall fled to the United States. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gave him a retrospective in 1946. He settled permanently in France in 1948 and exhibited in Paris, Amsterdam, and London. During 1951, he visited Israel and executed his first sculptures. The following year, the artist traveled in Greece and Italy. During the 1960s, Chagall continued to travel widely, often in association with large-scale commissions he received. Among these were windows for the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, installed in 1962; a ceiling for the Paris Opéra, installed in 1964; a window for the United Nations building, New York, installed in 1964; murals for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, installed in 1967; and windows for the cathedral in Metz, France, installed in 1968. An exhibition of the artist's work from 1967 to 1977 was held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in 1977-78, and a major retrospective was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1985. During his lifetime he also created popular lithographs, such as Maternity. Chagall died March 28, 1985, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
