Marc Chagall "Mégaclès Reconnaît Sa Fille Pendant le Festin" Lithograph, 1961

Item Details

Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985)
Mégaclès reconnaît sa Fille pendant le Festin (Megacles recognizes his daughter during the feast), from Daphnis et Chloé, 1961
Lithograph on Arches paper
Signed lower margin
45/60
A large Marc Chagall Lithograph printed in colors in 1961 from his Daphnes and Chloe Series, numbered 45 from the edition of 60, on Arches wove paper, printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris. The series of 42 lithographs were contained in the illustrated book “Daphnis and Chloe” depicting scenes from Greek author Longus’ romantic story about the two childhood friends who ultimately fall in love. Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) was a revolutionary modernist associated with Ecole de Paris. In the early 1900’s he travelled between St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin. During that period, he created his own mixture and style of Modern Art based on his ideas of Eastern European and Jewish folklore. He spent the wartime years in his native Belarus, becoming one of the country’s most distinguished artists and a member of the modernist Avante-Garde, ultimately founding the Vitebsk Arts College. Later he worked in Moscow in very difficult conditions during hard times in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution before leaving again for Paris in 1923. During World War II he escaped occupied France to the United States where he lived in New York City for several years before returning to France in 1948. He experienced modernism’s ‘Golden Age’ in Paris, where he synthesized the art forms of Cubism, Symbolism, and Fauvism which incredibly ultimately gave rise to Surrealism. He created works in a wide range of artistic formats including paintings, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, fine art prints, and even tapestries. Provenance: The lithograph was was purchased when released by Mr. William H. Thomas, co-founder and ultimate sole owner until 1970 of James B. Lansing (JBL) Loudspeakers, in Los Angeles California. It has been in the possession of the Thomas family since and remains in the original frame.

Condition

- no condition issues to note.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; sight: 27 × 18.5.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

Item #

ITMGN31839