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M. CHAGALL H.Signed Colour Etching Hand Colour 1956

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M. CHAGALL H.Signed Colour Etching Hand Colour 1956
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MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes

Title: The Promise to Jerusalem, 1956

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Hand Coloured Etching on Arches vellum paper.

Paper Size: 53.5 x 39 cm / 21.1 x 15.4 in

Image Size: 31.5 x 22 cm / 12.4 x 8.7 in

Additional Information: This etching is hand signed in pencil by Marc Chagall with his initials "M.CH" at the lower right margin.
The work is also hand numbered in pencil at the lower left margin "53/100".
It is signed on the plate "Chagall" on the lower right part.
This etching was printed in 1956 as part of the series "Bible" that included 105 different original etchings that illustrated scenes from the Bible.
It was printed by edition Verve, Paris.
Chagall printed only 100 impressions of each etching and hand coloured them by himself with watercolor individually

The paper bears the Arches Watermark.

Literature: The Illustrated Books of Marc Chagall by Patrick Cramer, published by Galerie Cramer, Geneva 1995.
Reference: Cramer 29 and Vollard Etchings 294.

Condition: Very good condition.