Marc Chagall - The Story of the Exodus. 1966

auction 63, Lot 86

MODERN, POST WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART

on 8 June 2018

Marc Chagall

The Story of the Exodus. 1966

estimate:
€ 15.000 to € 20.000

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result:
€ 20.320 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

Chagall, Marc 1887

Witebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence

 

The Story of the Exodus. 1966

 

Edition Leon Amiel, New York. Portfolio of 24 colour lithographs (1 double-sided) on solid Vélin dArches (watermark), 44 x 32 cm to 45.5 x 69.5 cm (50.5 x 37 cm to 50.5 x 73.8 cm), cassette 53 x 39 x 5.5 cm, signed and typographically numbered. Copy 85 of the edition of 250. Printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris. Loose double sheets with the Old Testament texts of the Bible, the index, imprint, title page in original hand-made envelope, in original linen cassette with title imprint on front and back. Complete.

 

Catalogue raisonné: Mourlot 444 - 467 Cramer (Livres) 64.

 

Provenance: Gallery Hermann, Essen-Werden (1988). Private collection, Hessen.