Marc Chagall, David Saved by Michal from The Bible, 1960

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
Title:David Saved by Michal from The Bible, 1960
Reference:M.250
Medium:Original color lithograph on Arches wove paper
Image Size:14 in x 10 1/2 in (35.6 cm x 26.7 cm)
Sheet Size:19 1/4 in x 15 in (48.9 cm x 38.1 cm)
Framed Size:32 in x 28 1/4 in (81.3 cm x 71.8 cm)
Signature:This work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right margin.
Condition:Good condition with bright, saturated colors throughout.
ID #w-2405

Historical Description

Hastily opening the windows, Michal helps her beloved David escape from the murderous hands of her father Saul. In this whimsical print, David leaps from the windowsill and appears to be frozen, mid-flight. Michal reaches out towards her lover in a moment of quiet longing as she watches her husband flee. Chagall utilizes rich midnight blues and soft blue-greys to create a truly magical piece that captures the love between husband and wife.

Created in 1960, this work was featured as part of a series of 24 color lithographs made by Marc Chagall to illustrate The Bible. Published by Verve, Paris and printed by Mourlot, Paris on Arches wove paper, this work is numbered 11/50 in pencil in the lower left margin (from the numbered edition of 50) and hand-signed by Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin.

Illustrated in:
1. Gauss, Ulrike, ed. Marc Chagall - The Lithographs, La Collection Sorlier. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 250.
2. Mourlot, Fernand. The Lithographs of Chagall, vol. II, 1957 - 1962. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 250 on pgs. 76-7; detailed on pg. 66.
3. Cramer, Patrick. Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 42 on pgs. 144-7.