Chagall, Marc, L’Elégie des Alizés II, 1969

“The artist composed a lithograph specially for this book[L’Élégie des Alizés, poem by L. S. Senghor], in 28x22cm format, which is presented as a frontispiece. This print is neither numbered nor signed in the book.

“Chagall, amused by the search for an exotic composition, engraved four small plates on the same theme. The bird, a sacred ibis, was inspired by a black sculpture. This is the first, and probably the last, time this animal takes its place in Chagall’s bestiary. Chagall lithographe, Edition Sauret.