Chagall marc

1952 · 298473 — 1952. Color lithograph. Sheet measures 35 x 23 inches Image measures 27 1/8 x 19 1/2 inches. Chips to margins not affecting image some scuffing upper right. The artist's signature appears in the stone in the lower right hand side with the date of the original work.<br/><br/> Deep tones of blue create an illuminated night scene with a full moon hanging low in the sky. The abstracted profiles of a man and woman in the left appear intimate with the woman's arms wrapped around a bouquet of bright flowers. A bowl of fruit appears as though floating in the water behind it with tiny boats and the edge of land in the distance. Created in 1952 for a solo show at the Ponchettes Gallery in Nice France. Printed by Mourlot Paris this work was a collaboration between Charles Sorlier and Marc Chagall. Based on an interpretation from a gouache dating to 1949.<br/><br/> unknown books