Marc Chagall The Artists Family is a remarkably detailed work in which a man and woman can be seen occupying a large portion of the image. The wife, Valentina Brodsky, looks towards her husband, Chagall, while he stares directly outward at the viewer seeming to capture their attention. Upon closer inspection of the work however Chagall's classic symbols, a horse, rooster, flowers, Paris, seem to fly around the artist as if in his head, ready to be drawn onto paper.

Even the couple itself is copied into another form right behind Chagall in the same exact embrace. A house can also be seen in the lower right of the image on a portion of Valentina. Chagall's family was his wife, as he didn't have any children, but in this portrait Chagall seems quite fulfilled by his wife and ultimate love, creating art.

Created in 1972, this original color lithograph is hand-signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered 25/50 in pencil in the lower left margin this work and printed on Arches wove paper.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

This Marc Chagall The Artists Family color lithograph 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. Listed as catalogue raisonné no. 679 on pg. 306, and illustrated on pg. 307.

2. Sorlier, C. (1984). Chagall Lithographs, Vol. IV 1969-1973. Crown Publishers: NY. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. CS 679 on pg. 141.

3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Marc Chagall The Artists Family is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with linen-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.