Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Marc Chagall - Biography
Les Champs-Élysées. 1954.
Lithograph in colors.
Signed and numbered. Signed in the stone. Titled by a hand other than that of the artist in the upper right. From an edition of 200 copies. On Arches wove paper (with the watermark). 60 x 42.3 cm (23.6 x 16.6 in). Sheet: 70 x 47,7 cm (27,16 x 18,50 in).
Executed by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Chagall. This composition was also used as a poster for an exhibition of Chagall's works at Galerie Maeght, Paris, in 1954. [MH].
• Chagall is one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
• Chagall and his family lived in Paris for many years, using the city as an important source of inspiration.
• Charles Sorlier, who worked in Fernand Mourlot's studio, applied his technical skills to transfer Chagall's painterly style to lithography with great mastery.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Austria (since 2013).
LITERATURE: Charles Sorlier, Chagall Lithograph, vol. 5: 1974-1979, Monte-Carlo 1984, no. CS 6 (illustration of a diferent copy).
In good condition. Slightly irregularly browned in margins, somewhat mount-stained. With isolated slight horizontal creases in the left margin and in the lower right.
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