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MARC CHAGALL H. Signed Etching Fable

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MARC CHAGALL H. Signed Etching Fable
MARC CHAGALL
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]

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

The Woodcutter and the Mercury - 1952
Hand Signed and Numbered Etching

Title : The Woodcutter and the Mercury.

Technique : Original Etching on Montval paper.

Paper size : 42 x 33 cm / 16.5 x 13 inch.

Plate size: 30 x 24 cm / 11.8 x 9.4 inch.

Additional Information : This Etching is Hand Signed in pencil by Chagall at the lower right margin "Marc Chagall" and Hand Numbered in pencil "52" at the lower left margin.
The etching is also signed in the plate "Chagall" in the lower left corner.
The work is part of a series "Les Fables de la Fontaine" and was printed in 1952 in a limited edition of only 100 signed and numbered impressions on Montval paper.
This edition was printed by Raymond Haasen and published by Charles Solier. The series was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard in 1927. Chagall executed the plates from 1927 to 1930.

Literature : Marc Chagall and Ambroise Vollard: Complete Catalogue of Etchings by Marc Chagall commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, ed. Charles Solier
Reference: Vollard 146, illustrated p. 98.

Condition : Very Good Condition. Slight disoloration of the paper in the margins. Tape remainings on the reverse.