Chagall, Marc, Chloe’s Judgment, 1961
1961
Original color lithograph on Arches paper
53.8 x 76 cm
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right
For the book published by Tériade, 250 signed and numbered copies on Arches + 20 H.C.
One of 60 large-margin proofs. Plate VII of the illustrations. Unjustified proof.
Catalog raisonné: Sorlier 315
This original lithograph is taken from the book Daphnis et Chloé by the ancient author Longus, which Marc Chagall spent four years illustrating, from 1957 to 1961. The artist traveled to Greece to immerse himself in the country’s landscapes and light, as well as its architecture – an ancient temple is featured on this lithograph. The process was also lengthy, due to the complexity of the printing work, involving a total of twenty-five colors.
About the author
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Of Russian origin, born into a very religious Jewish family with a strong attachment to folklore, Marc Chagall is one of those great figures of twentieth-century art who forged a highly personal body of work. He fashioned a poetic, ethereal space, often highly colored, inhabited by recurring symbolic motifs – the rooster, the donkey, the couple, the moon, bouquets and angels in particular. In 1964, André Malraux commissioned him to paint the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier in Paris.
