Circe

Chagall, Marc

145110 Chagall, Marc From `L'Odyssee' Circe M.780 1974 16 1/2'' x 25 1/2'' Lithograph in color on Arches paper. From the edition of 250 examples. 30 examples with wide margins also exist on Japon Nacre, hand signed and numbered. Published by Mourlot, Paris The Odyssee of Homer as illustrated by Chagall was created in a two volume suite of lithographs. It consists of 37 single page color lithographs and 6 double page color lithographs. These works were all pulled at the Mourlot workshop in Paris. In addition, 39 black and white plates were created by Chagall to accompany the text for the work which was translated by Dacier, compiled and revised by Emile Ripert. These plates were printed by Imprimeire Nationale (The National Press of France). Renowned French writer, Robert Marteau commented about Chagall's Odyssee and his depiction of classical Greek literature, "When Chagall approaches the subject of Greece, he approaches it in the same way as his life. He does not come to it as still life, but as to a living flesh of dream and memory. He treats the fable or the history of the Old Testament in the same way...discovering Greece, drawing back the veil hiding its nudity, imitating the gods, he invades it with forms and colors, called fruit, women, animals, the sea and men...He tells us that man's earth is not abandoned, that it is not an insignificant sphere roaming in the vastness of creation, but rather that it participates in that infinite grace which is diffused everywhere." Chagall's devotion and innovation to the medium of lithography is legendary. He worked tirelessly in creating one of the most extensive bodies of graphic works ever created in any century. His ability to create the look and atmosphere of a pastel chalk drawing or a watercolor in lithography advanced the medium to a level that had not existed previously. He was known to devote countless hours to proofing his lithographs and his perfectionism resulted in many works that were never released and some complete editions that were destroyed by his own hand. Chagall created the drawings for his last lithograph on March 26, 1985 the day of his death. The work was ultimately printed by Charles Sorlier, Chagall's friend, colleague and lithographer less than an hour before he died.

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145110

Size

16 1/2" x 25 1/2"

Year

1974

Medium

LITHOGRAPH

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