In our life there is a single colour…It is the colour of love
CHAGALL, Marc; Julien CAIN (introduction). Chagall Lithographie 1962-1968. Paris: Andre Sauret.1969.
Folio. Original tan cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial dust jacket; contains two original lithograph on dust jacket and forntispiece; pp. 179, [3]; fine.
First edition of the third catalogue raisonne of Chagall's lithographs with an introduction by Julien Cain, legendary general administrator of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France before the Nazi occupation.
Julien Cain writes in his introduction to this spectacular and invaluable contribution to the iconic artists mesmorising ouevre, "Chagall's secret is that he remained without theory, without method…he was content, instead to 'sing like a bird'", emphasizing Chagall's refusal to abide by prescriptive artsitic philosophies. He goes onto quote the artist himself, "What seems strange is clear".
Catalogue and notes are by Ferdinand Mourlot and Charles Sorier.
SKU: 2121581
In our life there is a single colour…It is the colour of love
CHAGALL, Marc; Julien CAIN (introduction). Chagall Lithographie 1962-1968. Paris: Andre Sauret.1969.
Folio. Original tan cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial dust jacket; contains two original lithograph on dust jacket and forntispiece; pp. 179, [3]; fine.
First edition of the third catalogue raisonne of Chagall's lithographs with an introduction by Julien Cain, legendary general administrator of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France before the Nazi occupation.
Julien Cain writes in his introduction to this spectacular and invaluable contribution to the iconic artists mesmorising ouevre, "Chagall's secret is that he remained without theory, without method…he was content, instead to 'sing like a bird'", emphasizing Chagall's refusal to abide by prescriptive artsitic philosophies. He goes onto quote the artist himself, "What seems strange is clear".
Catalogue and notes are by Ferdinand Mourlot and Charles Sorier.
SKU: 2121581
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