La Mort de Dorcon
Marc Chagall
1961
Original color lithograph on Arches paper
53.8 x 75.8 cm
For the book published by Tériade, 250 signed and numbered copies on Arches + 20 H.C. Plate XIII of the illustrations. Unfolded proof.
Catalog raisonné: Sorlier 320
« La Mort de Dorcon » est une lithographie réalisée par Marc Chagall pour illustrer le roman du Grec Longus, Daphnis et Chloé. Dans un cadre bucolique, les bergers Daphnis et Chloé se lient progressivement d’un amour sincère.
This brightly colored work depicts the tragic end of the herdsman Dorcon. We can discern several episodes in the story where the man is present: the moment when he dies to save his herd of cattle, and when, in his final moments, he gives Chloé his flute as a gift. Finally, as the young lovers' love survives these threatening events, they are reunited in the glowing twilight.
