Marc CHAGALL - The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1966 - Lithograph
History of the Exodus
The Adoration of the Golden Calf, 1966
Original Lithograph
Unsigned lithograph from the iconic portfolio Histoire de l'Exode, portfolio containing 24 colour lithographs (M. 444-467), published in 1966 on Arches paper.
Unprinted on the back, no individual print was signed except 20 on Japan paper.
Size of the edition: 250 copies
Dimensions: 50 x 37 cm / 14" x 20" (leaflet)
Dimensions: 45 x 34 cm / 17 2/3" x 13 1/3" (print)
In very good condition, slight traces of fastening tape on the back.
Reference: Mourlot 460
Edited by Leon Amiel, Paris
Printing by Mourlot, Paris
This lithograph is the original, printed in 1966, not a later print or copy.
Marc Chagall :
(1887-1985) born Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov, is a painter who was born on July the 7th in Liozna, in Bielorussia (then included in the Russian Empire), and naturalised french in 1937. He died on March 28th, 1985 in Saint-Paul de Vence. Chagall is one of the most famous foreign artists who settle in France in the XXth century, along with Pablo Picasso or Joan Miro. Even if his work is not associated to any movement or school, it bears characteristics of Surrealism and neo-primitivism. He also drew his inspiration from jewish tradition, the daily life of the shtetl (jewish village in Eastern Europe) and russian folklore, from which he elaborated his own symbolic. Chagall work with different medium, such as oil on canvas, sculpture, poetry, glass painting, enamels etc.
Additionally to the worldwide presence of his works in the biggest collections, one museum is dedicated to him in Nice, and another one in Vitebsk.
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