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Chagall, Marc, La naissance (The Birth) from the Maternité Suite, 1926
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Marc Chagall, Etching, La naissance (The Birth) from the Maternité Suite, 1926  |
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| Artist: | Chagall, Marc (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | La naissance (The Birth) from the Maternité Suite, 1926 |
| Medium: | Etching with Drypoint |
| Image Size: | 5 5/8 in x 4 in (14.3 cm x 10.16 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 8 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in (20.96 cm x 15.57 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 21 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in (54.61 cm x 49.53 cm) |
| Signed: | Unsigned |
| Edition: | One of 5 original engravings featured in the book, Maternité by Marcel Arland, printed out of the edition of 140 on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper; the total edition was out of 960 |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition with clean, strong lines and a distinct plate mark |
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Item# 1777 |
$1,500
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| Historical Description: | |
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Created for a short novel titled Maternité written by Marc Chagalls (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985) dear friend, Marcel Arland, this particular work became part of a series of 5 original engravings meant to compliment the text from which it was inspired. According to Sorlier, "these plates…should be seen more as a complement to the text than as an illustration" (12) . Printed on June 10, 1926, by publisher Au Sans Pareil this piece is from an edition of 140 copies printed by Louis Fort, Paris on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper. This scene from Maternité is perhaps the most poignant, as it depicts our heroine entering in to motherhood, a subject on which this entire novel is based. Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985) pays acute attention to detail with her surroundings: a few overturned crates, a barrel, and a ladder coupled by some chickens in the background. Alluding to the famed nativity scenes of the Christian faith, this piece creatively depicts the elements of Arland's narrative as well as being considered as its own work of art. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1) Cramer, Patrick. Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1995. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 5 on pgs. 20-21. 2) Guse, Herausgegeben von Ernst-Gerhard. Marc Chagall - Druckgraphik, Stuttgart, 1985. Listed as cat. no. 78-82 on pgs. 268-9. 3) Kornfeld, Eberhard W. Marc Chagall, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre grave Vol. I: 1922-1966, Berne, 1971. Listed and illustrated as cat. no. 66 on pg. 144 and detailed on pg. 141. 4) Sorlier, Charles. Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books, Paris 1990. Detailed and illustrated on pgs. 12, 20, and 23. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | Modern Master |
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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.
"When Matisse dies," Pablo Picasso remarked, "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is." Picasso claimed he was not a fan of the "flying violins and all the folklore, but his canvases are really painted, not just thrown together." He followed up by saying, "There's never been anybody since Renoir who has the feeling for light that Chagall has."
The Haggerty Museum describes The Bible Chagall prints as showing "Chagall's fluid forms, dreamlike sense of space and unique style. In his choice of subject matter, Chagall reveals his reading of the Old Testament in its moments of triumph, sorrow, and prophecy."
