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Marc Chagall, Russian painting

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Marc Chagall, Russian painting
<B>Marc Chagall</B><BR><BR>Russian painting<BR><BR>1887 - 1985<BR><BR>The Woodcutter and the Mercury<BR><BR>1952<BR><BR>Etching<BR><BR>30x24 cm<BR><BR>Hand signed in pencil and numbered with the plate number "52".<BR><BR>Marc Chagall and Ambroise Vollard: Complete Catalogue of Etchings by Marc Chagall commissioned by Ambroise Vollard<BR><BR>ed. Charles Solier<BR><BR>Reference: Vollard 146<BR><BR>p.98<BR><BR>illustrated.<BR><BR>The work is the 52nd plate from the series "Les Fables de la Fontaine" that was printed in 1952 in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Montval paper. This edition was printed by Raymond Haasen and published by Charles Sorlier. The series was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard in 1927. Chagall executed the plates from 1927 to 1930.