Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - "David saved by Michal"

Exclusive color lithography (Mourlot 254) "David Saved by Michal" as it appeared in ”Dessins pour la Bible”. Verve Vol X, nr 37-38) On the reverse (back) is another original monochrome lithograph (Mourlot 277)
NOTE WELL: This is NOT a mass-produced reprint (photomechanical reproduction such as offset lithographs or giclee prints), but the original lithograph from Chagall's Bible II, exactly as listed in the Mourlots catalogue raisonné.

Year: 1956
Image dimensions: 35.5 × 26 cm / 14" × 10.2" (sheet)
Edition / Paper: One of the 6,000 unsigned prints from the book edition on strong vellum paper. Additionally, 50 prints signed and numbered in pencil on Arches vellum paper have been published.
Published by: Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris
Printed by: Atelier Mourlot, Paris (Chagall's regular printer)


Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
He was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, as Moïsche Zakharovitch Chagalov, but spent most of his life in France. His work was much more colorful than that of other Jewish artists like Jacques Lipchitz and Chaïm Soutine. Chagall's artworks are characterized by a free, imaginative, and dreamlike expression. For the creation of his works, he used a wide range of materials and techniques. His oeuvre includes drawings, paintings, graphics, ceramics, mosaics, and stained glass. He aimed to reveal inner impulses in his work rather than following deliberate, methodical use of color and/or form. Chagall can be called the greatest color poet of all time.