Marc Chagall, Menu pour une Réception sur le Bateau-Mouche (Menu for a reception on a bateau-mouche), 1959 |
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| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | Menu pour une Réception sur le Bateau-Mouche (Menu for a reception on a bateau-mouche) 1959 |
| Reference: | M. 220 |
| Medium: | Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 9 7/8 in x 6 5/16 in (25 cm x 16 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 15 in x 12 1/16 in (38 cm x 31 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 29 1/2 in x 26 in (74.9 cm x 66 cm) |
| Edition: | An artist's proof aside from the edition of 75 annotated 'HC' (hors de commerce) in pencil in the lower left. |
| Signature: | This work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right. |
| ID # | w-4376 |
In a beautifully touching scene we happen upon a couple floating amidst a bouquet. Everything is dull and colorless around them, but as if in a different moment of time, the couple is brightly dressed in green and yellow. With petals of red flowers floating around them the lack of color is strange for Chagall but highlights the energy and romance seen in the composition.
Created in 1959, this color lithograph is hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right. This work is an artist's proof aside from the edition of 75 annotated 'HC' (hors de commerce) in pencil in the lower left.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoice accompanying the final sale of the work).
1. Gauss, U., Marc Chagall: The Lithographs, 1998. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 220 on page 113.
2. Mourlot, F., The Lithographs of Chagall: 1957-1962, 1963. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 220 on page 45.
3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.
About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
