Artworks · Marc Chagall

FABLES

1952 · 99 etchings over photogravure (most with engraving, some with drypoint) and 1 drypoint over photogravure, printed in black with gouache additions; 2 etchings (wrapper fronts), printed in black; on cream, smooth, wove Rives BFK paper (except wrappers); 2 supplementary suites, one on ivory, smooth, wove Japan +nacré- paper and one on ivory, smooth, laid Montval paper; and 2 half title pages embellished by the artist with ink and watercolor drawings

irreg. page 15 3/8 x 11 13/16" (39 x 30 cm)

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Plate (page 41) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 8 5/8" (24.5 x 21.9 cm)

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Duplicate of second title page (supplementary suite, plate 2) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Etching, printed in black

plate 7 13/16 x 5 13/16" (19.8 x 14.8 cm)

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In-text plate (page 56) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 8 7/16" (18.5 x 21.5 cm)

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Wrapper front from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 9/16 x 6 1/8" (21.8 x 15.6 cm)

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Plate (page 31) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 7 9/16" (24.5 x 19.3 cm)

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Duplicate of title page (supplementary suite, plate 1) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Etching, printed in black

plate 7 13/16 x 7 13/16" (19.8 x 19.8 cm)

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Duplicate of in-text plate from page 56 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 8 7/16" (18.5 x 21.5 cm)

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Journal d'un cheval

1952 · Illustrated book with 5 lithographs, and 2 etchings; and supplementary suite

irreg. page 11 15/16 x 9 5/16" (30 x 23.7 cm)

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Duplicate of plate from page 23 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 8 7/16" (23.9 x 21.5 cm)

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Duplicate of wrapper front (supplementary suite, plate 7) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 9/16 x 6 1/8" (21.8 x 15.6 cm)

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Second title page from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Etching, printed in black

plate 7 13/16 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 15 cm)

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Duplicate of plate from page 31 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 7 9/16" (24.5 x 19.3 cm)

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Duplicate of plate from page 41 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 8 5/8" (24.5 x 21.9 cm)

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Plate (page 23) from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

(irreg.) composition 9 3/8 x 8 7/16" (23.9 x 21.5 cm)

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Title page from JOURNAL D'UN CHEVAL

1952 · Etching, printed in black

plate 7 13/16 x 7 7/8" (19.8 x 20 cm)

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New Year's Card

1951 · Lithograph

composition: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8" (26 x 20cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 7/16" (30 x 24cm)

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The Dance and the Circus

1950 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 349 x 267 mm

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The Blue Circus

1950 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 349 x 267 mm frame: 540 x 464 x 45 mm

Tate

The Grey Cock

1950 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 75 × 53.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 in.); Sheet: 84 × 61.8 cm (33 1/8 × 24 3/8 in.)

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SIBIR

1950 · 9 relief halftone reproductions after drawings (including title page and duplicate on front cover)

page 13 1/16 x 9 1/2" (33 x 24.2 cm)

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Chagall, Kunsthaus Zürich, Dezember 1950-Januar 1951

1950 · Auto lithograph

39 3/4 x 25 5/8" (101 x 65.1 cm)

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Saint Jean Cap Ferrat

1949 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 68.3 × 49.5 cm (26 15/16 × 19 1/2 in.); Sheet: 78.2 × 58.3 cm (30 13/16 × 23 in.)

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Folio 18 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

1949 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

plate (partial): 6 7/16 x 4 7/8" (16.4 x 12.4cm); page: 12 13/16 × 9 13/16" (32.5 × 25 cm)

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In-text plate (folio 18) from Poésie de mots inconnus

1949 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut

plate (partial): 6 7/16 x 4 7/8" (16.4 x 12.4cm); page: 12 13/16 × 9 13/16" (32.5 × 25 cm)

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PORTRAITS DE CHOPIN

1949 · 7 halftone and 1 line block reproductions after wash drawings; and page 1 embellished by the artist in 1950 with pen, brush, and ink

irreg. page 10 1/8 x 6 1/2" (25 x 16.5 cm)

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Preliminary folio embellished with drawing (3rd folio before numbered pages) from LES ÂMES MORTES

1949 · Brush and ink, and pastel

irreg. composition 14 5/8 x 10 13/16" (37.1 x 27.5 cm)

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Preliminary folio embellished with drawing (dedication, 4th folio before numbered pages) from LES ÂMES MORTES

1949 · Pen and ink, and pastel

irreg. composition 13 7/8 x 7 1/2" (35.2 x 19.1 cm)

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Abdullah the Fisherman and Horse

1948 · color lithograph

Image: 37.6 x 28.6 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 33.3 cm (17 x 13 1/8 in.)

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Scheherazade's Night

1948 · color lithograph

Image: 37.4 x 28.6 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 33.3 cm (17 x 13 1/8 in.)

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Julnar the Sea-born and her Son, King Badr Basim of Persia

1948 · color lithograph

Platemark: 37.2 x 28 cm (14 5/8 x 11 in.)

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Plate Three, from The Arabian Nights

1948 · Lithograph on white laid paper

Image: 36.8 × 28 cm (14 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43.1 × 33 cm (17 × 13 in.)

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FOUR TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

1948 · 12 lithographs, printed in color; 16 photolithographic reproductions after drawings (including duplicate on wrapper front); and supplementary lithograph and 166 progressive proofs, printed in color

page 16 15/16 x 12 15/16" (43 x 33 cm)

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CHAGALL OU L'ORAGE ENCHANTÉ

1948 · 39 line block reproductions after ink drawings (including wrapper); reproductions of paintings and drawings; and page 1 embellished by the artist in 1949 with pen, brush, and ink drawing

page 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (24 x 18 cm)

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Les Âmes mortes (Dead Souls)

1948 · Illustrated book with ninty-six etchings

irreg. page: 14 7/8 x 11" (37 x 28 cm)

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LUMIÈRES ALLUMÉES

1948 · 46 line block reproductions after ink drawings (including wrapper front)

page 8 9/16 x 6 1/4" (21 x 15.9 cm)

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Julnar the Sea-born and her Son, King Badr Basim of Persia

1948 · color lithograph

Platemark: 37.2 x 28 cm (14 5/8 x 11 in.)

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Scheherazade's Night

1948 · color lithograph

Image: 37.4 x 28.6 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 33.3 cm (17 x 13 1/8 in.)

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The Tale of the Ebony Horse

1948 · color lithograph

Image: 37.8 x 28.8 cm (14 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 33.1 cm (17 x 13 1/16 in.)

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Four Tales from the Arabian Nights: No. 13 - Shaharazad's Night

1948 · color lithograph

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Abdullah the Fisherman and Horse

1948 · color lithograph

Image: 37.6 x 28.6 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 33.3 cm (17 x 13 1/8 in.)

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Love Poems

1947 · Illustrated bookw ith 6 line block reproductions after ink drawings; and 1 relief halftone reproduction after a drawing (tipped in)

page 8 3/4 x 6 15/16" (22 x 17.7 cm)

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Artist, Palette and Donkey II

1946 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper

45 × 28.5 cm (17 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Palette and Donkey I

1946 · Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper

44.8 × 28.2 cm (17 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

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Unbound added plate from LE DUR DÉSIR DE DURER

1946 · Pochoir over photolithographic reproduction after ink drawing, printed in color

irreg. composition 7 7/8 x 6 15/16" (20 x 17.6 cm)

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Unbound added plate (variant of reproduction after ink drawing from BURNING LIGHT) from LE DUR DÉSIR DE DURER

1946 · Pochoir over photolithographic reproduction after ink drawing, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 15/16 x 3 1/16" (25.2 x 7.8 cm)

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Frontispiece from LE DUR DÉSIR DE DURER

1946 · Pochoir over collotype reproduction after ink drawing, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 6 7/16" (24.5 x 16.4 cm)

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LE DUR DÉSIR DE DURER

1946 · 1 pochoir over collotype reproduction after ink drawing, printed in color (frontispiece); 22 line block reproductions after ink drawings (including front cover); and 3 unbound added pochoirs over photolithographic reproductions after ink drawings, printed in color

page 11 x 8 11/16" (28 x 22 cm)

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