Marc Chagall, L'inspiré, Self Portrait Lithograph

Marc Chagall, L'inspiré, Self Portrait Lithograph.

Makers: (after) Marc Chagall

Dates: 1963

Dimensions:

55.50cm high (21.85 inches high)
44.00cm wide (17.32 inches wide)
2.00cm deep (0.79 inches deep)

Description / Expertise:

L'inspiré, Self Portrait, Marc Chagall and his wife Valentina Vava, Lithograph Mourlot 398, 1963

A self-portrait of the great artist, depicting him lost in thought before one of his paintings, which is apparently related to his home country Russia, as suggested by the small figure in the lower right of the work. Chagall’s wife Valentina (“Vava”), who was also from Russia, is looking over his shoulder, full of longing.

The small surreal elements that are characteristic of Chagall’s paintings are also present here: the silhouettes of the houses that seems to stick out of the painting and a figure with a flute or trombone standing on its head.

Chagall Lithographe, Volume II of the catalogue raisonné of Chagall's lithographic work, see Mourlot 398, 1957-1962, Paris 1963, imprinted by Imprimerie Mourlot for the publisher André Sauret. A lithographic plate from the catalog that was published in 10,000 copies.

Provenance : Private Collection, purchased with Lovers in Grey.

Set inside a cream mount bearing brass cartellino.

Visible sheet size length 23cm, Height 31.50cm.
In the original carved and gilded frame.
Frame size Length 44cm, Height 55.5cm.
The reverse with a paper label in Japanese.

Price

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance