Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Testament expliqué par Esope - Eau-forte originale signée
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Marc Chagall, Testament explained by Esope, an original signed copper etching from 1927, sheet 38 × 32.5 cm (engraving 29.5 × 25 cm), signed in ink at the top left and initialled in pencil at the bottom right, edition limitée for Les Fables de La Fontaine, in excellent condition and presented with the original passe-partout.
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Marc Chagall
Testament explained by Aesop
1927
Original copper-plate etching signed in the upper left and initialed in pencil by the artist in the lower right.
Dimensions: Paper 38 x 32.5 cm (image size) - Engraving 29.5 x 25 cm
Rare proof signed in pencil by the artist for 'Les Fables de La Fontaine' (Plate 27)
History
At the initiative of Ambroise Vollard, Marc Chagall engraved 100 copper plates for 'Les Fables de La Fontaine' between 1927 and 1930, but it was Tériade who published the work in 1952.
One of my most persistent ambitions as an editor had been to publish La Fontaine's Fables with dignified illustrations. I asked the Russian painter Marc Chagall to illustrate the book. It was not understood that a Russian painter be chosen to interpret the most French of our poets. Yet it was precisely because of the Oriental sources of the fabulist that I had thought of an artist whose origins and culture would make this renowned Orient familiar to him. My hopes were not disappointed: Chagall produced about a hundred dazzling gouaches.
Ambroise Vollard, Reminiscences of a Picture Dealer, Paris, 1937
Catalogue raisonné: Cramer 22
Excellent condition, presented with the original mat (55.5 x 48.5 cm)
Marc Chagall
Testament explained by Aesop
1927
Original copper-plate etching signed in the upper left and initialed in pencil by the artist in the lower right.
Dimensions: Paper 38 x 32.5 cm (image size) - Engraving 29.5 x 25 cm
Rare proof signed in pencil by the artist for 'Les Fables de La Fontaine' (Plate 27)
History
At the initiative of Ambroise Vollard, Marc Chagall engraved 100 copper plates for 'Les Fables de La Fontaine' between 1927 and 1930, but it was Tériade who published the work in 1952.
One of my most persistent ambitions as an editor had been to publish La Fontaine's Fables with dignified illustrations. I asked the Russian painter Marc Chagall to illustrate the book. It was not understood that a Russian painter be chosen to interpret the most French of our poets. Yet it was precisely because of the Oriental sources of the fabulist that I had thought of an artist whose origins and culture would make this renowned Orient familiar to him. My hopes were not disappointed: Chagall produced about a hundred dazzling gouaches.
Ambroise Vollard, Reminiscences of a Picture Dealer, Paris, 1937
Catalogue raisonné: Cramer 22
Excellent condition, presented with the original mat (55.5 x 48.5 cm)
Details
Artist
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
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Gallery
Edition
Limited edition
Title of artwork
Testament expliqué par Esope - Eau-forte originale signée
Technique
Engraving
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
France
Year
1927
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
38 cm
Width
32.5 cm
Style
Modern
Period
1920-1930
Sold with frame
No
