Marc Chagall - Figures Floating Above Paris & Eiffel Tower

Figures Floating Above Paris - Eiffel Tower (Verso)

Marc Chagall's Figures Floating Above Paris & Eiffel Tower (Verso) hails from the Visions de Paris set which contained seven original lithographs commissioned by the Paris publisher, Verve in 1952. The original black and white lithograph on the verso of Figures Floating Above Paris is a view of the Eiffel Tower. In all probability the figure in the upper right corner of Figures Floating Above Paris is a portrayal of the artist himself.

Verve
#	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Date	Medium	-
01.-	1. Flemish Interior (Interieur Flamand) 2. Nude (Nu) by Marcel Gromaire	Marcel Gromaire (Noyelles-sur-Sambre, 1892 - Paris, 1971)	1952	Original Lithograph
02.-	1. Frontispiece 2. Still Life by Georges Braque	Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1881 - Paris, 1964)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
03.-	1. The Tree (L'Arbre) 2. The Street (La Rue) by Alberto Giacometti	Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, 1901 - Paris, 1966)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
04.-	Daphne by Henri Laurens	Henri Laurens (Paris, 1885 - 1954)	1952	Original Lithograph
05.-	Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
06.-	La Femme En Bleu (The Woman In Blue) by Francisco Bores	Francisco Bores (Madrid, 1898 - Paris, 1972)	1952	Original Lithograph
07.-	Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
08.-	The Dog Barking at the Moon Awakens the Cock, ... by Joan Miro	Joan Miro (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
09.-	The Moon (La Lune) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
10.-	The Outing (La partie de Campagne) by Fernand Leger	Fernand Leger (Argentan, 1881 - Seine-et-Oise, 1955)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold
11.-	The Sun (Le Soleil) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1938	Original Lithograph	Sold
12.-	The Torrent (Le Torrent) by Andre Masson	Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988)	1952	Original Lithograph
13.-	Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)	1952	Original Lithograph	Sold

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Title:	Figures Floating Above Paris - Eiffel Tower (Verso)
Artist:	Chagall, Marc (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)
Date:	1952
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Verve, Paris
Printer:	Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Note:	Marc Chagall: The name of Marc Chagall requires little introduction for, along with Picasso, Matisse and Miro, he stands at the summit of twentieth century art. More than any artist of any time, Chagall was the master interpreter of dreams and allegories. These he delineated with an astonishing innocence and purity and -- as his long, productive career advanced -- he turned mostly towards original lithography as his most favoured vehicle of artistic expression.
	Born into a poor family in Russian Vitebsk, Marc Chagall first began to paint in 1907. He attended an art school in St. Petersburg for several years before leaving for Paris in 1910 to study under the famous stage designer, Leon Bakst. His first major exhibition of art took place in Berlin in 1914 and had an immediate influence upon the course of contemporary German Expressionism. Marc Chagall was forced to return to Russia during the First World War but returned to permanently live in the Paris suburb of Vence in 1931. With the exception of the occupation of Paris in World War Two, Marc Chagall resided in Vence for the rest of his life.
	Marc Chagall executed his first important series of prints in 1922. Commissioned mainly by Vollard his early graphic art was almost exclusively in the medium of etching. Chagall was introduced in 1948 to original lithography by Fernand Mourlot, owner of one of the world's great lithography workshops. During the following thirty-five years over one thousand original lithographs were created by his hand. These amazing and vibrant works of art place Marc Chagall as perhaps the greatest lithographer of modern art.
	Marc Chagall's earliest lithographs were created in black and white. In 1952 he attempted his first lithographs in colours; three compositions for the lithographic set, Visions de Paris and a single lithograph entitled, Bonjour sur Paris. Figures Floating Above Paris hails from the Visions de Paris set.
	Consisting of three colour and four black and white lithographs Visions de Paris marks an important cornerstone in Marc Chagall's career. Executed shortly after the end of the Second World War, these lithographs commemorate both Chagall's return to his beloved city and the resumption of peace. Many of the famous images and symbols which are synonymous with Marc Chagall's art are introduced here. Most important, however, is his rich and textured introduction of colours. These most important prints thus set the stage for the famous colour lithographs the artist created from 1952 to 1985.
	The seven original lithographs for Visions de Paris were commissioned by the Paris publisher, Verve, and were bound into their 1952 double number volume on pages 127 to 134. (At the same time these lithographs were individually issued in a small, pencil signed edition of 75 impressions.) Both sides of the sturdy, wove paper were used for printing and therefore a black and white lithograph appears on the verso of this original colour lithograph. The black and white lithograph on the verso of Figures Floating Above Paris is a view of the Eiffel Tower. In all probability the figure in the upper right corner of Figures Floating Above Paris is a portrayal of the artist himself.
Raisonne:	Fernand Mourlot, ed., Chagall Lithographie (1922-1957), Paris, Andre Sauret, 1960.
	Mourlot #80, Second and final Edition as issued by Verve in December, 1952.
Size:	14 X 10 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris for Verve in 1952. A fine, full colour impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original lithographs entitled Figures Floating Above Paris and the Eiffel Tower represent a most important example of the art of Marc Chagall.
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Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)
#	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Source	-
01.-	Chagall Lithographe II by Marc Chagall	1963	Original Lithograph	Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962)	Sold
02.-	Farming Scene From 'Les Ames Mortes' by Marc Chagall	1927 (Sole Pub Ed: 1948)	Original Etching and Aquatint	Les Ames Mortes	Sold
03.-	Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall	1952	Original Lithograph	Verve, Paris	Sold
04.-	Le Clown Fleuri by Marc Chagall	1963	Original Lithograph	Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962)	Sold
05.-	Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall	1952	Original Lithograph	Verve, Paris	Sold
06.-	Nocturne a Vence by Marc Chagall	1963	Original Lithograph	Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962)	Sold
07.-	Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall	1952	Original Lithograph	Verve, Paris	Sold