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Chagall, Marc, The Angel of Judgment (L'ange du jugement), 1974
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Signed Marc Chagall, Lithograph, The Angel of Judgment (L'ange du jugement), 1974  |
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| Artist: | Chagall, Marc (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | The Angel of Judgment (L'ange du jugement), 1974 |
| Reference: | CS 45 |
| Medium: | Original color lithograph on Arches script watermarked paper |
| Image Size: | 20 3/8 in x 17 in (51.8 cm x 43.2 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 28 3/8 in x 21 1/2 in (72 cm x 54.6 cm) |
| Framed Size: | Approx. 42 1/2 in x 37 1/2 in (108 cm x 95.3 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Numbered 96/200 in pencil in the lower left margin (out the total edition of 200 numbered, signed proofs on Arches wove paper) |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition; bold colors, a very strong impression. |
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Price
Item# 2626 |
$45,000
(Summer Sale Price: $27,000)
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This captivating and stunning work was the inspiration for one of the stained glass windows of the Cathedral of Metz depicting the progression of the biblical story of Adam & Eve Banished from Paradise. Here, we see the grandeur of the Angel of Judgment who swoops down from the upper left of the composition across the work in a diagonal, momentus line through the center. We are clearly able to feel and see the movement of the angel, brightly colored with a flaming canary yellow in order to represent the wrath and force with which the Angel confronts both Adam and Eve. Created in 1974, this original color lithograph was executed by Charles Sorlier after an original work by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985). Numbered 96/200 in pencil in the lower left margin and printed by Mourlot, Paris on Arches script watermarked paper with a deckle edge along the right sheet edge. Published by the Society of Friends of the National Marc Chagall Biblical Message Museum (Nice, France) and also used for a poster version with text for an exhibition of Chagalls works held there (this work is out of a total edition of 200 proofs without text, pulled on Arches vellum paper, signed and numbered). Hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin with printed text "CH. SORLIER GRAV." in black ink in the lower left of the image. Illustrated in: 1. Sorlier, C. (1984). Chagall Lithographs, vol. V 1974 - 1979. Crown Publishers:
NY. Listed and illustrated as CS 45 on pg. 241. 2. Chagall's Posters: A Catalogue Raisonné. (1975). Sorlier, C. (Ed.).
Crown Publishers: NY. Poster version with text is listed and illustrated on
pg. 138-9. | |
| Style: | 20th Century Modern Master, Lovers, French and Russian |
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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."
