Marc Chagall: Life and Work by Chagall, Marc; Meyer, Franz (Text by), and Allen, Robert (Translated by) - 1964T

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Abrams, 1957. First Edition. 1st Printing. 152 pages. Moderate general wear. Binding soiled. Size: 11 x 9 x 1. Art::Painting by Artist 6088L

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to fine. Quarto. xxxviii, 151pp. [1]. Illustrated purple and red dust jacket. Original publisher's belly band and cardboard slipcase as issued. Beige cloth boards with illustration in black on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Original torn publisher's belly band laid in at the interior front cover. This monograph showcases Marc Chagall's graphic work from the years 1922-1957, and includes a total of 148 images reproducing the artist's work. Most images are in b/w, with six in color, and can be divided roughly into five major stages of Chagall's career: etchings for his autobiography, - illustrations for Gogol's "Dead Souls" (1923-27) - etchings for La Fontaine's "Fables" (1927-30), - illustrations for the Bible - his post-war lithographs. All images are finely printed, mostly in high quality offset, with a few b/w images being lithographic. Dust jacket with some minor rubbing to corners, and spine,… Read More

1961. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1961). 4to. Orig. pictorial full cloth with coloured dustjacket. Jacket with tears. Binding fine. 775, richly illustrated with plates, many in colour and textillustrations.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Quarto. xxxviii, 151pp. [1]. Illustrated purple and red dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with illustration in black on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Original torn publisher's belly band laid in at the interior front cover. This unique copy contains two inscriptions to former president of Israel Zalman Shazar (1889-1974), in pen on the title page. One at the top is a 75th birthday gift inscription in Hebrew from a unidentified friend of Shazar, and below it is another warm inscription from artist Marc Chagall in Yiddish, dated 1964. Chagall writes: "In honor of the president and my good friend Z. Shazar, with love, Marc Chagall, Jerusalem 1964". It can be assumed that Shazar's friend gave him the book as a gift and Marc Chagall, who was present at the time, also inscribed it to him. This monograph showcases Marc Chagall's graphic work from the years 1922-1957, and includes a total of… Read More