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After Marc Chagall — Three Books
After Marc Chagall

Three Books

This work is created after Marc Chagall's Three Books, a 1946 publication featuring one original Chagall lithograph and text by poet Paul Eluard. The collaboration represents a significant example of artist-writer partnerships in twentieth-century art. This edition combines visual and literary expression in a unified artistic statement.

Medium
Le Dur Desir de Durer, 1946, with one lithograph by Marc Chagall and text by Paul Eluard

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After Marc Chagall, Three Books

This work is created after Marc Chagall's Three Books, a 1946 publication featuring one original Chagall lithograph and text by poet Paul Eluard. The collaboration represents a significant example of artist-writer partnerships in twentieth-century art. This edition combines visual and literary expression in a unified artistic statement.

Medium
Le Dur Desir de Durer, 1946, with one lithograph by Marc Chagall and text by Paul Eluard
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Poetry, Blue, Symbolic, Post-War, Modernism, Literature, Whimsical, Colorful, Lithograph, Russian

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