Bonjour sur Paris
Marc Chagall
1955
Original color lithograph on Japon paper
50,4 x 65,8 cm
Annotated in pencil lower left "épreuve de collaborateur", signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Mourlot print, Paris
Catalog raisonné : Sorlier 71
This original color lithograph depicts key elements of Chagallian mythology: the loving couple, the rooster, the bouquet of flowers and the moon. It was produced on Fernand Mourlot's presses, on the occasion of the publication of the album Mourlot Centenaire for the centenary of the Mourlot printing works, featuring works by major artists of the XXᵉ century: Matisse, Miró, Légeretc. The original lithograph was created in 1952, but not published until 1955.
