Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire (Plate 11)
Marc Chagall
Limited Edition Print : Etching with Aquatint on Velin Arches Paper,
Size : 18.5x14.17 in | 47x36 cm
Edition : 200 unsigned proofs
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🔥Etching with Aquatint Portfolio Page $$$$$$$
Year1975
Not Signed
Condition Excellent
Not Framed
Purchased fromPrivate Collector 2021
Story / Additional Info“Those who say things without saying anything”
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)Title: Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire (Plate 11)Medium: Original Etching & Aquatint, 1975/6 , on Velin Arches paper, an Unsigned proof , with the publishers watermark ME (Maeght Editeur), a proof with full margins still attached to a further page pdf printed text (folded over)Literature: Patrick Cramer: “Marc Chagall, Les Livres Illustres” Reference 99, page 292/3Quarante ans d’edition Maeght, page 106Note: Chagall illustrates Aragon's poetry in twenty-five original full-page colour etchings with aquatint of which this an one example. While Aragon's verse is mainly a tribute to the painter, Chagall's original engravings focus on many of his favourite themes and exemplify his typically poetic and whimsical style. This example shows marchers carrying a Tricolour flag.
Printed by: Lacouriere et Frelaut , Paris, FranceEdition: 200 proofs, unsigned and with the publishers watermark
Certificate of AuthenticityFairhead Fine Art
LID146315
Marc Chagall - Russian Federation
Art Brokerage: Park West: Marc Chagall French-Russian Artist: Marc Chagall was a French-Russian artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in the painting I and the Village (1911). “When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it—a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand as a final test,” he said. “If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.” Born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus) to a Hasidic Jewish family, the artist was raised immersed in Jewish culture and iconography. Studying under the artist Yehuda Pen as a youth, the Judaic traditions and folklore of his hometown permeated Chagall’s paintings. After studying in St. Petersburg, the artist moved to Paris in 1910, where he quickly befriended members of the French avant-garde, including Robert Delaunay and Fernand Léger. Visiting Russia in 1914, the artist was prevented from returning to Paris due to the outbreak of World War I until 1926. In addition to his paintings, Chagall was also noted for his vibrant works in stained glass and lithography. Forced to flee Paris during World War II, Chagall lived in the United States and traveled through to Israel before returning to France in 1948. The artist died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France on March 28, 1985. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others. Listings wanted.