Chagall, Marc, Large Fruit Basket, 1975
1975
Original lithograph in color on Arches paper
84.7 x 65 cm
Annotated "Épreuve d'artiste" lower left, signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Mourlot Imprimeur, Paris.
Catalogue raisonné : Sorlier 747
This original large-format lithograph depicts a picnic scene, with a fruit basket enthroned in the middle of a tablecloth. It is filled with a variety of fruits: grapes, bananas, oranges and apples. This symbol is close to the ancient cornucopia and celebrates opulence, as Marc Chagall is known for his joyful, dreamlike depictions of love and life.
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.
