| | "The Maid of Israel" (Mourlot 231)
Marc Chagall dedicated this wonderful motif to God’s love for Israel. The guardian angel, who seems to float into the picture from the upper half, symbolized the divine care for the Israeli people. Chagall represents this dramatic event in his inimitable way.
He illustrates this scene with a shining orange surface that emanates a protective warmth and, at the same time, danger. In the background, a child is seeking its mother’s help. The woman who is holding her beloved in her arms is looking for the angel’s protection. Chagall shows the forceful and dynamic flight, the determined readiness to help, but also the angel’s elusiveness in bright hues and a modest yellow ochre. Thus the white angel figure in its sumptuous light contrasts with the shining background and floats protectively over the pair of lovers. The feeling of safe comfort can be easily taken up by the viewer.
This is N O T a mass-produced reprint (photo or grano lithograph from a so-called "Limited edition") but the original lithograph from Chagalls Bible II, exactly as referenced in Mourlot's catalogue raisonné.
| Edition: | 6.500 unsigned impressions on Velin + 50 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper | | Size: | 35 x 26 cm | 14" x 10.2" (sheet size = image size) | | Published by: | Éditions de la Revue Verve, Teriade, Paris, 1960 | | Printed by: | Mourlot, Paris | | Remarks: | Blank on the reverse (frontispiece)
Biblical reference: Jes 49,13-15; Jes 62,5 In 1956, the French art critic and publisher Tériade brought out a special issue of the legendary art magazine Verve, which was exclusively devoted to one of Marc Chagalls major themes: The Bible. For this outstanding issue, Chagall composed 18 full-page colour lithographs and 12 in black and white. For his "Bible I" Marc Chagall focused on characters from the Old Testament such as the Founding Fathers, the Kings, the Prophets and Angels. Four years later, in 1960, the follow-up issue "Illustrations for The Bible" was published, with another 24 gorgeous color lithographs. Since then, vast numbers of reproductions were put in circulation which are anything but original(!) lithographs.
| | Documentation/
References: | Mourlot, F., Chagall Lithograph [II] 1957-1962, A. Sauret, Monte Carlo 1963, No. 231
Your print is being delivered with an abstract from the above catalogue raisonné. In addition, you'll receive a proof of identity (without selling price in case this print is intended as a present).
| | Condition: |  Read more In very good condition, a superb impression from the archives. Frame not included in delivery. | | |
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