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CHAGALL Hand Signed Color Lithograph Lovers

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
CHAGALL Hand Signed Color Lithograph Lovers
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MARC CHAGALL
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Vitebsk, Belarus 1887 - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes

Lovers in Grey - 1957
Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Color Lithograph

Title: Lovers in Grey

Technique: Lithograph in colours on vellum paper.

Image size: 27 x 22 cm / 10.6 x 8.6 in

Additional Information: The lithograph is hand signed in pencil "Marc Chagall" in the lower right margin
and hand inscribed in pencil "Epreuve d'Artiste" (Artist Proof) at the lower left margin.
This artist proof was printed aside the limited edition of 90 hand signed and numbered impressions.
The work was published in 1957 by Editions Maeght, Paris and printed by Mourlot, Paris.

Provenance: Grosvenor Gallery, London.

Exhibited: Chagall: Graphics, The Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1965, listed in catalogue as no. 52. (label verso)

Literature: Sorlier, Charles, and Mourlot, Fernand, 1963. The Lithographs of Chagall: Catalogue Raisonne. Volume II: 1957-1962. Andre Sauret: Monte Carlo.
Reference: M. 194.

Condition: Good condition. Discoloration from former matting. Two very small punctures in top and bottom margin. Paper peel from former tape in top margin. Image itself in perfect condition.