Lot 108
  • 108

Marc Chagall 1887-1985

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • THE BIBLE: THE PROPHET IS KILLED BY THE LION (SEE CB. 30)
  • Plate: 315 by 217mm; 12 3/8 by 8½in
  • Sheet: 534 by 390mm; 21 by 15 3/8 in
Etching with hand-colouring, circa 1933, initialled in pencil, numbered 58/100, published in 1958 by Tériade, Paris, on Arches paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from pale discoloration throughout, staining to the edges of sheet, backboard-staining

Condition

As catalogued. A couple of spots of light foxing verso.
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