Marc CHAGALL - Esquisse pour L’Ange de Mozart, 1965 - Printer’s proof original lithograph
Esquisse pour L'Ange de Mozart, 1965
Printer's proof original lithograph on wove paper, from Marc Chagall's design, "Ange de Mozart".
Dimensions:
+ Size of the sheet: 33 x 26 cm / 12,9 x 10,2 in.
Condition: In very good condition. May have some soft handling creases at the edges.
This design was used for the 1965 portfolio "Chagall. Le Plafond de L'Opera de Paris".
This Art book was published by André Sauret to celebrate the completion of the Paris Opera's ceiling with Marc Chagall's paintings in 1964. The portfolio displayed several trial proofs leading to the final designs.
Lithographed by Charles Sorlier.
Printed by Imp. Mourlot, Paris.
Dimensions :
- Height : 33 cm
- Width : 26 cm
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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