Marc Chagall

Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (Eight Works)

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Marc Chagall

1887 - 1985

Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins)


each signed in pencil (later) and inscribed épreuve d'artiste

eight etchings with drypoint on various papers

each sheet (approx.): 334 by 243 mm. 13⅛ by 9⅝ in.

Executed in 1925; these impressions are artist's proofs before the total edition of 300, printed by Louis Fort, published by Simon Kra, Paris, 1926.

(8 prints)

Kornfeld, no 57-64.

Subjects include:

Plate 11, Die Völlerei. II (Gluttony. II)

Plate 12, Der Zorn. I (Wrath. I)

Plate 13, Der Zorn. II (Wrath. II)

Plate 14, Die Trägheit. I (Sloth. I)

Plate 15, Die Trägheit. II (Sloth. II)

Plate 16, Die Wollust. III (Lust. III)

Die Begierde. III (Desire III) (a variant)

Die Begierde. IV (Desire IV) (a variant)


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