Marc Chagall, The Bitch and her friend, 1952
Marc Chagall
The Bitch and her friend, 1952
Signed and numbered in pencil
Etching on laid paper
Sheet: 41.5 x 33.6 cm
Image: 30 x 24cm
Framed: 49.5 x 41.5 cm
Image: 30 x 24cm
Framed: 49.5 x 41.5 cm
Numbered from the edition of 200
This edition is sheet 16 from "La Fontaine's Fables", a project for the famous art dealer Ambroise Vollard, which Chagall worked on between 1927-1930 and was published in 1952. It is in stunning condition and is beautifully hand-signed in pencil.
Vollard's choice of Marc Chagall to illustrate La Fontaine's work created an uproar at the time; Chagall's dreamy, romantic touch deemed too wistful to accompany the classical French masterpiece. Vollard insisted on Chagall by declaring that Chagall bridged the gap between their respective styles, saying about Chagall, "...his aesthetic seems to me in a certain sense akin to La Fontaine’s, at once sound and delicate, realistic and fantastic."
Vollard's choice of Marc Chagall to illustrate La Fontaine's work created an uproar at the time; Chagall's dreamy, romantic touch deemed too wistful to accompany the classical French masterpiece. Vollard insisted on Chagall by declaring that Chagall bridged the gap between their respective styles, saying about Chagall, "...his aesthetic seems to me in a certain sense akin to La Fontaine’s, at once sound and delicate, realistic and fantastic."
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October 10, 2022
