Catégorie
Estampe-MultipleTechnique
LithographieType d'oeuvre
Multiple (90)Certificat délivré par
Gilden's Art GallerySignature
Signé mainDimensions hors cadre
43 x 33 cm(16,93 x 12,99 in)
Facture délivrée par
Gilden's Art GalleryÉtat
bonRéf. catalogue raisonné
Cramer 18, Mourlot 43Description de l'oeuvre
Marc CHAGALL
(1887-1985)
When Abdullah got the Net Ashore(1948)
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This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin.
This is a proof aside from the edition of 90.
The work is the 8th plate (of 12) from the Album "Four Tales from the Arabian Nights".
This work was printed in 1948 in a limited edition of 90 signed and numbered impressions by Albert Carman, New York. It was published by Pantheon, New York.
There is a thirteenth composition which was only included in ten of the portfolios.
Note: Each composition illustrates a piece of text from one of four tales from the Arabian nights. This composition relates to the story of “Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman”. The text from which the image was created is – “When Abdullah got the net ashore, he saw a man in it and he fled from him, but the man called out to him from within the net…”