The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House

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Marc Chagall

They were in Forty Pairs, Thus Numbering Fourscore..., from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Marc Chagall

1887 - 1985


They were in Forty Pairs, Thus Numbering Fourscore..., from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights

signed in pencil (lower right); inscribed Pl. 2 and numbered 69/90 (lower left)

lithograph printed in colors on laid paper


Executed in 1948, this impression is number 69 from the edition of 90 (total edition includes ten in Roman numerals and 11 lettered A-K), published by Pantheon Books.


unframed 17 in. x 13 in.

43.1 cm x 33 cm

Old Master, 19th and 20th Century Prints, Sotheby's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 253;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.

F. Mourlot, The Lithographs of Chagall, Monte-Carlo and New York 1960, vol. I, p. 68-69, no. 37, illustrated in color (another example illustrated)

P. Cramer, Marc Chagall, the Illustrated Books : Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva 1965, pp. 58-59, no. 18, illustrated in color (another example illustrated)