Lot 125
  • 125

Marc Chagall 1887-1985

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • In the Land of the Gods: And you wove for your tender neck seductive garlands (M. 534)
  • Image: 387 by 334mm; 15¼ by 13 1/8 in
  • Sheet: 648 by 497mm; 25½ by 19 7/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1967, signed and inscribed épreuve d'artiste in pencil and numbered 14/25, the total edition was 145, published by A.C. Mazo, Paris, on Arches paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from mount-staining to the margins, occasional stray fox marks, uneven backboard-staining

Condition

In good condition as catalogued. The colours fresh, although the pink slightly attenuated. The mentioned mount-staining, a scuff to the left margin extending into image only visible in a raking light, a tiny paper loss to the extreme lower left tip of sheet, several short bown stains at extreme edges and tips of sheet associated with previous hinging, the mentioned backboard-staining verso
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