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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Daphnis et Chloé
The complete set of 42 lithographs in colours
An extremely rare set of proofs reserved for the printer Georges Sagourin
Printed circa 1956-1961 at Atelier Mourlot, Paris
Before the edition of sixty with wide margins published in 1961 by Tériade Éditeur, Paris (there was also a book edition of 250)
Each signed ‘Marc Chagall’ in pencil or ballpoint pen by the artist (lower right margin)
Two plates inscribed ‘epreuve de collaborateur 2/2’ (lower left margin), some with various dedications to Georges Sagourin in pencil (lower right margin), the last plate dedicated and with a remarque in pencil below the signature (lower right margin)
Occasionally dated ‘1956’, ‘1958’ or ‘1959’ in pencil (lower right margin)
Images 42.3 x 32.2 cm., Sheets 54.1 x 37.7 cm. (26)
Images 42.3 x 64.4 cm., Sheets 53.5 x 75.8 cm. (16)
(42)
Provenance
Georges Sagourin (1920-2018), master lithographer at Atelier Mourlot, Paris.
Private European collection; acquired directly from the above between 1956 and 1960; then by descent to the present owner.
Literature
F. Mourlot, Chagall Lithographs 1957-1962 (II), Monte Carlo, 1963, n. 308-349, p. 132-163 (another set illustrated).
C. Sorlier, Marc Chagall Le livre des livres‎, Paris, 1990, p. 86-101 (another set illustrated)
P. Cramer, Marc Chagall The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, 1995, Geneva, n. 46, p. 152-162 (another set illustrated).
Tériade Éditeur: centenaire, 1897-1997, exh. cat., Bouquinerie de l'Institut, Paris, 1997 (another set illustrated).
U. Gauss, Marc Chagall The Lithographs, La Collection Sorlier, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart & Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 1999, Ostfildern-Ruit, n. 308-349, p. 137-177 (another set illustrated).
Additional literature:
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall Life and Work, translated from the German by Robert Allen New York, 1964, p. 519-527, 529-530, 547-550.
Marc Chagall: Le Ballet, L'Opéra, exh. cat., Nice, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall 1995, Paris, p. 25-28.
C. Sorlier, The 'Daphnis and Chloe' of Chagall, in Homage to Chagall, Special Issue of XXe siècle, New York, 1982, p. 131-136 (other impressions illustrated).
Longus, Daphnis & Chloe, translated with a revised introduction by Paul Turner, London, 1989.
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