Marc Chagall

Four complete portfolios, comprising lithographs, etchings and etchings with aquatints, 1959-1968



Journal de Anne Frank: The complete portfolio, comprising one lithograph printed in colours, 1959, numbered 479, from the total edition of 495, on Arches wove paper



Paroles Peintes I (C. BKS 51): The complete portfolio, comprising 14 etchings and aquatints by Chagall and other artists including Georges Braque and Max Ernst, eight printed in colours, 1962, numbered 144, from the total edition of 233, on wove paper



Vitraux Pour Jerusalem (C. BKS 55): The complete portfolio, comprising seven lithographs, three printed in colours, 1963, signed in pencil by the artist and the publisher on the justification, numbered 7, from the total edition of 270, on Arches wove paper



Humanisme Actif I (C. BKS 73): The complete book, comprising one lithograph printed in colours by Chagall and one etching by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, 1968, in two volumes, on wove and laid paper

Journal de Anne Frank: With full margins, in good condition apart from pale discoloration to the paper cover, very pale offsetting to the inside of the cover sheet, occasional soft creases at the corners/sheet edges of some pages, the lithograph with pin holes in the upper and lower margins, a soft diagonal undulation in the sheet and a couple of soft creases at the extreme edges of the sheet. Paroles Peintes I: With full margins, in good condition apart from occasional pale paper discoloration and occasional and very minor surface soiling. Vitraux Pour Jerusalem: With full margins, in good condition apart from occasional and very pale offsetting. Humanisme: With full margins, in good condition apart from three small nicks to the right sheet edge of the etching, smudged fingerprint marks on the cover of one volume.
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