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Marc Chagall 'Le Cantique des Cantiques' by Charles Sorlier 1975- Signed

Creator: Marc Chagall
Offered by: Kulik Selzer

Description
Signed by the artist in pencil "Marc Chagall" lower right and numbered 18/200 on the left, with the printed inscription "CH. SORLIER GRAV. LITH"

Catalogue Raisonné: Sorlier CS 47

Marc Chagall commissioned Charles Sorlier to lithographically reproduce original works for individual sheets; in the present case, it is the left part of a study for the large-format oil painting "Le Cantique des Cantiques III" created in 1960. The motif of this interpretation lithograph was also used as a poster to promote the "Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall" in Japan. 200 copies of the separate edition without lettering were printed by Mourlot in Paris, and 50 artist's proofs also exist

Sheet size H.28" x W 211/8"
Framed size H 40.5" x W 36"

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1950-1979
Condition:	Good. On wove paper with watermark "Arches", overall in good condition and fresh colour
Creation Date:	1975
Styles / Movements:	Expressionism
Incollect Reference #:	767312

Dimensions

W.	36 in;	H.	40.5 in;
W.	91.44 cm;	H.	102.87 cm;

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