1810663

Chagall The Two Bulls and the Frogs #1810663

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Chagall The Two Bulls and the Frogs #1810663
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<p> ARTIST: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
TITLE: Les deux Taureaux et les Grenouilles, (The Two Bulls and the Frogs), from Les Fables de la Fontaine
MEDIUM: Etching
IMAGE SIZE: 11 ¾" x 9 ½" (29.9 x 24.1 cm)
SIGNATURE: This work has a signature by Chagall in pencil the lower right hand side of the work.
EDITION: Numbered 12/100 in pencil in the lower left.
CONDITION: This work is in great condition, a fine dark black impression!</p>
<p>DISCUSSION:
Depicting one of Chagall's most monumental illustrated commissions, this piece was originally commissioned by Ambroise Vollard in 1927. Chagall created 100 illustrations for la Fontaine's Fables, which were finally printed in 1952. The works were printed by Maurice Potin on Rives Vellum paper and published by Tériade Éditeur. This image is signed by Chagall in pencil in the lower right, and numbered 12/100 in pencil in the lower left.</p>
<p>The story of the "Two Bulls and the Frogs" reads as follows:</p>
<p>Two bulls engaged in a shocking battle, both for a certain heifer's sake, and lordship over certain cattle:</p>
<p>A frog began to groan and quake, "But what is this to you?" Inquired another of the croaking crew.</p>
<p>"Why, sister, don't you see, the end of this will be, that one of these big brute will yield, and then be exiled from the field? No more permitted on the grass to fee, our marsh he'll forage through on rush and ...
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#: xx9746</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Mint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:see description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:15.25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:11.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Chagall The Two Bulls and the Frogs</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Etching</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Etching</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Etching</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Brooklyn, New York</td></tr>
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