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Marc Chagall – Le Mariage (The Wedding)

Marc Chagall, Le Mariage (The Wedding), 1968 is an original etching.  It is pencil signed in the lower right margin, and is aside from the edition of 50. Cramer 32.

At the outbreak of WWI, Chagall returned home to Vitebsk, where he married Bella Rosenfeld. He worked in Vitebsk for several years and became director of the Vitebsk Academy of Arts. He moved to Moscow in 1920 and worked on stage decors and painted panels for the avant-garde Jewish Theatre. After it was made clear he would not have the freedom to develop, given the political realities of Marxist socialism, he left Moscow for Europe in 1923.

After arriving in France, he met French art dealer Ambroise Vollard and started creating etchings for future publications. These were not published until years later due to Vollard’s death and WWII. Chagall’s paintings were shown at galleries in New York as well as Paris, Berlin, and other European cities. He was commissioned by Vollard to produce a series of etchings illustrating the Old Testament version of the Bible. These were also not published until after WWII. During his travels, Chagall fell in love with the Cote d’Azur. Chagall eventually moved away from Paris to a villa near Porte d’Auteuil.

Title

Le Mariage

Alt. Title

The Wedding

Medium

Etching

Year

1968

Edition

Aside from the edition of 50

Signature

Pencil Signed

Catalogue Raisonné

Cramer 32

Size 30 x 22 (in)
76.2 x 56 (cm)
Price Price on Request
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Marc Chagall, Le Mariage (The Wedding), 1968 is an original etching.  It is pencil signed in the lower right margin, and is aside from the edition of 50. Cramer 32.

At the outbreak of WWI, Chagall returned home to Vitebsk, where he married Bella Rosenfeld. He worked in Vitebsk for several years and became director of the Vitebsk Academy of Arts. He moved to Moscow in 1920 and worked on stage decors and painted panels for the avant-garde Jewish Theatre. After it was made clear he would not have the freedom to develop, given the political realities of Marxist socialism, he left Moscow for Europe in 1923.

After arriving in France, he met French art dealer Ambroise Vollard and started creating etchings for future publications. These were not published until years later due to Vollard’s death and WWII. Chagall’s paintings were shown at galleries in New York as well as Paris, Berlin, and other European cities. He was commissioned by Vollard to produce a series of etchings illustrating the Old Testament version of the Bible. These were also not published until after WWII. During his travels, Chagall fell in love with the Cote d’Azur. Chagall eventually moved away from Paris to a villa near Porte d’Auteuil.

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Title

Le Mariage

Alt. Title

The Wedding

Medium

Etching

Year

1968

Edition

Aside from the edition of 50

Signature

Pencil Signed

Catalogue Raisonné

Cramer 32

Size 30 x 22 (in)
76.2 x 56 (cm)
Price Price on Request