ID 470306
Lot 227 | Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 000
Maternité. 1926
CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985) – ARLAND, Marcel (1899-1986). Maternité. Récit orné de cinq gravures hors texte de Marc Chagall. Paris: 1926.
Hors commerce copy of Arland's work illustrated by 5 fine plates by Marc Chagall: 'La Honte', 'La Naissance', 'La Rixe', 'Couple au lit' and 'La Visite par la fenêtre'. The edition run was 960 copies, of which 765 were printed on Lafuma de Voiron paper; a few copies were hors commerce and signed by the editor, but no signature nor number appears in this copy.
Small quarto (210 x 160mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece and 4 plates (very small stain to lower edge of textblock). Publisher's blue wrappers, unopened and uncut (spine lightly creased, small marginal stain on upper wrapper, extremities lightly rubbed), contained in later blue chequered portfolio boards, lettered in silver on spine, and within matching slipcase (fine condition).
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Auction house category: | Books |
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Auction house category: | Books |
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