L'Écuyère au Cheval rouge

Marc Chagall

1957

Original color lithograph on Arches paper

46 x 36 cm

Annotated in pencil lower left "épreuve de collaborateur", signed by the artist in pencil lower right

Mourlot print, Paris

Catalog raisonné : Sorlier 191

This circus scene depicts a horsewoman performing acrobatics, standing on the back of her horse, probably during a performance. This original lithograph shows the close ties between modern artists and the world of show business, which began to develop through the figure of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and post-impressionist artists. In addition to Chagall, the colorful and joyful world of the circus attracted other artists in the 1950s, such as Fernand Léger and Bernard Buffet.