Lithograph with color added
Edition of 6,500 unsigned copies
19" x 23" Framed
1960
Artist Replete presents "Ruth At The Feet of Boaz" by French painter, printmaker and designer, Marc Chagall. A historically recognized piece by a legendary artist.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
In 1930 Art dealer Ambroise Vollard commissioned Marc Chagall to complete an illustrated series of the Bible. Chagall travelled to Palestine in 1931 and stayed for two months drawing inspiration from the Holy Land sites and the people.
“Since my early youth, I have been fascinated by the Bible,” he said, believing it to be “the greatest source of poetry of all time.”
It was a gargantuan task that spanned 25 years. In all he completed 105 etchings on copperplate showing parables and figures from the Old and New Testament. Once printed the copperplate was defaced. The entire suite of etchings was finally completed in 1956.
In 1956 the French Art critic and publisher Teriade brought out a special publication exclusively devoted to Chagall’s The Bible. For this publication Chagall composed 18 full-page colour lithographs.
For Bible I he focused on characters from the Old Testament such as the Founding Fathers, The Kings, the Prophets and Angels. He followed this up four years later in 1960, with Illustrations for The Bible.
These Lithographs come from those two publications and should not be confused with the many subsequent reproductions. THIS IS NOT A MASS PRODUCED REPRINT. IT IS THE ORIGINAL PRINT LITHOGRAPH FROM CHAGALL'S BIBLE II.
