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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Ceiling of the Paris Opera: Sketches Drawings and Paintings, 1965 The complete suite, text by Jacques Lassaigne, published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1966, a superb copy of the 1966 1st American edition, translated from its original French by Brenda Gilchrist, 90 pages with numerous color and black and white plates, including one original color lithograph by Chagall (Mourlot reference number 434) and six lithographs after Chagall, with a large folded lithograph of the Paris Opera Ceiling in a special pocket attached to the inside of rear cover, as issued. Cloth in pictorial paper dust jacket, imprinted acetate dust jacket and slipcase. Cramer reference number 61; Sorlier reference number 88; Monod reference number 6880. Has fold lines. 12 7/8 x 9 ½ in. (page) 13 ¼ x 10 in. (book)