Marc Chagall Bouquet Multicolore (Multicolored Bouquet), 1975 is an enchanted fairy-tale like scene that completely saturates your vision with bright colors, endearing faunas, and joyous celebrations.

There is a sense of jubilant power that Chagall emits in this particular scenery that somehow manages to stir up multiple cheerful emotions. Colors alternate between rosy fuchsia, canary yellow, gold, blue, and green mixtures that are reminiscent of a pasture. Chagall’s folkloric imagination here is at play. Fantastical creatures float in thin air, surrounding the large bouquet that is the focal point of the entire piece. The landscape fills with traces of pastel hues of ink, multicolored into short erratic brushstrokes.  Animals and humans alike come into existence onto the scene in one gigantic hurrah. An entire village with a crowd of people including two lovers near the lower margin is drawn. The looming symbol of the extravagant bouquet accentuates the amorous love between these two lovers. Not only are they tenderly holding onto each other, but Chagall depicts them in varying fashions of color. Purple hair and green skin, their highly unusual depiction graces this work of art. Along with utilization of technique and sensation, Chagall creates a lavish orchestra of colors and forms.

Bouquet compositions became some of Marc Chagall’s most beloved and recognizable subjects, celebrated for their warmth, romance, and extraordinary use of color. More than simple floral arrangements, Chagall’s bouquets served as poetic symbols of love, memory, celebration, and the beauty of everyday life. Throughout his career, he repeatedly returned to these vibrant floral scenes, often combining them with floating figures, village landscapes, lovers, and animals to create dreamlike worlds filled with emotion and wonder. Works such as Bouquet Multicolore are especially sought after for their ability to transform a space, bringing an atmosphere of joy, elegance, and luminous energy into the home. Rich in color and imagination, Chagall’s bouquets remain among the artist’s most iconic and timeless creations, embodying the whimsical spirit and emotional lyricism that define his oeuvre.

Created in 1975, Marc Chagall Bouquet Multicolore (Multicolored Bouquet), 1975 is a color lithograph. Hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin, this piece is numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Marc Chagall Bouquet Multicolore (Multicolored Bouquet), 1975 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work)

1. Gauss, Ulrike, ed. Marc Chagall The Lithographs - La Collection Sorlier. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 1998. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 735.
2. Sorlier, Charles. Chagall Lithographs, vol. V 1974 – 1979. New York: Crown Publisher, 1984. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 735.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work. 

About the Framing:

Marc Chagall Bouquet Multicolore (Multicolored Bouquet), 1975 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with optical grade Plexiglas.