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MARC CHAGALL<BR>[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses] <BR><BR>Vitebsk, Belarus 1887 - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes <BR><BR>The Way Down to Sodom - 1956 <BR><BR>Original Hand Signed and Hand Numbred Etching with Hand Coloring in Watercolor!!!<BR><BR>Title : The Way Down to Sodom<BR><BR>Technique : Original Hand Colored Etching with full margin on Vellum d'Arches paper <BR><BR>Paper size : 53.5 X 39 cm / 20.9 X 15.35 inch. <BR><BR>Image size : 32.5 X 23.5 cm / 12.8 X 9.25 inch. <BR><BR>Additional Information : This Etching is HAND SIGNED in pencil by Marc Chagall with his initials "M.CH" at the lower right margin.<BR>The work is also Hand Numbered in pencil at the lower left margin "36/100".<BR>This beautiful etching was printed in 1956 as part of the series "Bible" that included 105 different original etchings that described scenes from the Bible.<BR>It was printed by edition Verve, Paris.<BR>Chagall printed only 100 proofs/examplares of each etching and HAND COLORED them by himself with watercolor.<BR>In this way each of these hand colored etchings is an original work of Chagall, one of a kind!!!<BR>The work appears in the catalogue raisonne of Chagall.<BR><BR>Literature : The Illustrated Books of Marc Chagall by Patrick Cramer , published by Galerie Cramer, Geneva 1995.<BR>Referance: Cramer 29 and Vollard Etchings 206. <BR><BR>Condition : Excellent Condition.
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