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Marc Chagall — So she came down from the tree and drawing near him strained him to her bosom...: plate 6, from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights: nine plates (M. 41, see C. bks 18)
Marc Chagall

So she came down from the tree and drawing near him strained him to her bosom...: plate 6, from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights: nine plates (M. 41, see C. bks 18)

Marc Chagall's 'So she came down from the tree and drawing near him strained him to her bosom...' is plate 6 from a series of nine color lithographs illustrating tales from the Arabian Nights. The work is presented as progressive proofs on Utopian laid paper, housed in its original wove paper folio with lithograph illustration.

Medium
Nine lithographs, color progressive proofs, in colors, on Utopian laid paper, with full margins, all contained in the original wove paper folio with lithograph illustration, folded (as issued).

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Marc Chagall, So she came down from the tree and drawing near him strained him to her bosom...: plate 6, from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights: nine plates (M. 41, see C. bks 18)

Marc Chagall's 'So she came down from the tree and drawing near him strained him to her bosom...' is plate 6 from a series of nine color lithographs illustrating tales from the Arabian Nights. The work is presented as progressive proofs on Utopian laid paper, housed in its original wove paper folio with lithograph illustration.

Medium
Nine lithographs, color progressive proofs, in colors, on Utopian laid paper, with full margins, all contained in the original wove paper folio with lithograph illustration, folded (as issued).
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

French, Twentieth Century, Color, Vibrant, Whimsical, Narrative, Storytelling, Mythological, Lithograph, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago