| | | | "Jeremiah" (The Prophets)
In addition to the story of Moses, the kings and angels, Marc Chagall also considered the prophets in his first Bible cycle. He dedicated two of his works to Jeremiah, the profound preacher troubled by the responsibility of his calling as a prophet. In this first of the two lithographs in colors, Chagall shows us the scholar in a difficult, dark hour - is it the moment when he cursed the day of his birth? In which he quarreled with God about having to be, of all people, the one who had to announce all the calamities, which brought him nothing but enemies, ridicule and disaster? That God stays with Jeremiah even in this situation is indicated by Marc Chagall through sensitively placed colors: the golden or radiant yellow face of the doubter as a sign of the presence of God. His green robe as a living hope for eternal life. In his back the faint glow of a new day.
Original color lithograph by Marc Chagall for his renowned book "The Bible".
This is N O T a mass-produced reprint (photo or grano lithograph from a later "Limited edition") but the original lithograph from Chagalls "Bible I", exactly as referenced in Mourlots catalogue raisonné.
| Edition: | One of 6500 unsigned impressions for the book edition on strong velin paper. In addition, 75 pencil-signed and numbered impressions on Arches wove paper were published. | | Sizes: | 35 x 26 cm | 13.8" x 10.2" (sheet size = image size) | | Published by: | Éditions de la Revue Verve, Teriade, Paris | | Printed by: | Mourlot, Paris | | Remarks: | On the reverse: another original lithograph in black (Mourlot No. 144)
Biblical reference: Jer 1, 1-3ff
In 1956, the French art critic and publisher Tériade brought out a special issue of the legendary art magazine Verve, which was exclusively devoted to one of Marc Chagalls major themes: The Bible. For this outstanding issue, Chagall composed 18 full-page colour lithographs and 12 in black and white. For his "Bible I" Marc Chagall focused on characters from the Old Testament such as the Founding Fathers, the Kings, the Prophets and Angels. Four years later, in 1960, the follow-up issue "Illustrations for The Bible" was published, with another 24 gorgeous color lithographs. Since then, vast numbers of reproductions were put in circulation which are anything but original(!) lithographs.
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References: | Cain, Julien, and Mourlot, Fernand. Chagall Lithograph [I], André Sauret, Monte Carlo 1960, p. 149-160, no. 139 + 144
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In very good condition, an excellent impression from the archives. Frame not included in delivery. | | |
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