Chagall, Marc, Plate 3 from the book Four Tales From the Arabian Nights
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 »]
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Signed Marc Chagall, Original Color Lithograph, Plate 3 from the book Four Tales From the Arabian Nights  |
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| Artist: | Chagall, Marc (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | Plate 3 from the book Four Tales From the Arabian Nights |
| Medium: | Original Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 14 9/16 in x 11 3/8 in |
| Sheet Size: | 17 in x 14 in |
| Framed Size: | 32 1/2 in x 28 1/16 in (82.6 cm x 71.3 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right. |
| Edition: | Annotated 'Pl. 3' and numbered 59/90 in pencil in the lower left margin (out of the total edition of 90 works numbered 1 - 90); Printed by Albert Carman, New York and published by Pantheon Books, New York. |
| Condition: | This work is in good condition; Backed, with remains of glue along the edges of the sheet. |
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| Description: | |
| Inspired from the tales of The Arabian Nights, Chagall magically recreates this
scene in which two lovers embrace with stunning aquamarine blues and greens
contrasted against bright reds and yellows. An excerpt from the corresponding
text from The Arabian Nights is as follows: Then he spent the rest of the night with her Embracing and clipping… On an invitation to New York from the Museum of Modern Art, Chagall had agreed to create this series of lithographs illustrating these Four Tales as a favor to his friend, Jacques Schiffrin whose firm, Pantheon Books, was publishing a series of works by French authors. The result was a series of volumes featuring these colored lithographs. Created in 1948, this work was part of a series of 13 lithographs made to illustrate Four Tales from the Arabian Nights. This work is annotated 'Pl. 3' and numbered 59/90 in pencil in the lower left (from the total edition of 111, 90 numbered works, 10 copies numbered I-X, and 11 copies marked A-K). This piece was printed by Albert Carman, New York and published by Pantheon Books, New York. It is hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil in the lower right. DOCUMENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN: 1) Chagall, Marc. Arabian Nights, Four Tales from a Thousand and One Nights,
with introduction by Norbert Nobis, Prestel: Munich, 1988. Illustrated on pg.
155. ABOUT THE FRAMING: Museum-grade conservation framed in an elegant, gold-leaf frame with organic, sculptural details. The brilliancy of the gold in the moulding enhances the bright hues in this work. This work is complete with white, silk-wrapped mattes and a matching gold inner fillet, set behind an archival Plexiglas cover. | |
| 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."
