Marc CHAGALL - Moses Blesses Joshua, 1966 - Original lithograph

Marc CHAGALL - Moses Blesses Joshua, 1966 - Lithographie originale 2

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Marc CHAGALL
Moses Blesses Joshua, 1966
The Story of Exodus

One Original Lithograph 1966, from the iconic portfolio The Story of the Exodus, a portfolio containing twenty-four large color lithographs (M. 444-467), published in 1966 on Arches paper,
Not printed on the back, none of the individual impressions were signed except the 20 on japan paper.
Size of the edition : 250
In very good condition
Size : 51 x 37 cm / 14" x 20" (sheet)
Size : 48 x 35,5 cm / 18 2/3" x 14" (print)

Reference: Mourlot 456
Edited by Leon Amiel, Paris
Printed by Mourlot, Paris

THIS AUCTION IS ONLY FOR THE LITHOGRAPH PRESENTED ON THE PICTURES NOT FOR THE COMPLET PORTFOLIO

This lithograph is the original, printed in 1966, not a later reprint 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.