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CHAGALL Sig + Hand Colored Etching Bibl

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CHAGALL Sig + Hand Colored Etching Bibl
MARC CHAGALL
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]

Vitebsk, Belarus 1887 - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes

Josue and the Defeated Kings - 1956

Original Hand Signed and Hand Colored Etching from the Bible Series

Title : Josue and the Defeated Kings.

Technique : Original Hand Colored Etching with full margin on Vellum d'Arches paper

Paper size : 53 X 38,5 cm / 20.9 X 15.2 inch.

Plate size : 30 X 23 cm / 11.8 X 9.1 inch.

Additional Information : This Hand Colored Etching is Hand Signed in pencil with the monogramme "M.Ch." by the artist Marc Chagall at the lower right margin, as well as Hand Numbered in pencil "42/100" at the lower left margin.
This etching was printed in 1956 as part of the series "Bible" that included 105 different original etchings that described scenes from the Bible.
It was printed by edition Verve, Paris.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 100 hand colored impressions on Vellum paper.
The work appears in the catalogue raisonne of Chagall, this book includes all the original works Chagall made.

Literature : The Illustrated Books of Marc Chagall by Patrick Cramer , published by Galerie Cramer, Geneva 1995.
Referance: Cramer 29 and Vollard Etchings 210.

Condition : Very Good condition. Discoloration at the margins from former matting.