Marc Chagall - Fables of La Fontaine

Marc Chagall Fables of La Fontaine Etchings hand-coloured by Chagall

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The Carter in the Mire ÂŁ3250

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The Woodsman and Mercury ÂŁ2950

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The Lion and the Hunter £3250

Considered one of the great suites of the 20th century, Chagall’s etchings for the Fables were issued in 1952 in an edition of just 200.

Those offered here are from one of just 85 sets which were handpainted by Chagall himself.

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The Ass Loaded with Sponges and the Ass Loaded with Salt ÂŁ3250

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The Man and his Image ÂŁ2950

The prints are framed in a hand-finished, water-gilded, white gold frame with acidfree double mount and museum quality, UV protected, non-reflective glass.

A copy of the justification page, signed

by Chagall, will accompany each print.

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The Dairywoman and the Pot of Milk ÂŁ3250 buy online >

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Marc Chagall Fables of La Fontaine The etchings for La Fontaine’s Fables were commissioned by the famous art dealer Ambroise Vollard and his choice of the ‘romantic’ artist Chagall to illustrate the ‘classical’ French masterpiece created a considerable furore at the time, even being debated in the Chamber of Deputies.

Vollard answered the question of Why Chagall? by saying, Simply because his aesthetic seems to me in a certain sense akin to La Fontaine’s, at once sound and delicate, realistic and fantastic.

The art historian Susan Compton summed up Chagall’s achievement by saying, Chagall did not illustrate in a conventional sense, preferring always to convey the essence of the fable . . . The illustrations for the Fables draw a moral for the viewer as much about art as about the human condition. La Fontaine had fashioned poems from the myths and legends of Aesop: Chagall . . . created visual reminders which are outstanding by the richness and variety of his imagination and technique.

Initially Chagall painted preparatory gouaches for translation to etching plates but finding that even master printers could not match the gradations of colour he required he actually prepared the plates himself employing a drypoint technique.

He worked on the plates between 192831, more than twenty years before they were issued.

Considered one of the great suites of the 20th century, Chagall’s etchings for the Fables were issued in 1952 in an edition of just 200. Those offered here are from one of just 85 sets which were handpainted by Chagall himself. They are approximately 29 x 24 cms and most are signed in the plate. Each print will be accompanied by a copy of the justification page, signed by Chagall.

Etchings hand-coloured by Chagall

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The Wolf, the Mother and her Child

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