Lot 57
  • 57

Marc Chagall

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Die Erscheinung I (Kornfeld 44 III/b)
  • Plate: 365 by 270mm; 14 5/8 by 10 5/8 in
  • Sheet: 473 by 377mm; 18 5/8 by 14 7/8 in
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, 1924, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 16/100 (Kornfeld notes that a few impressions from this edition were hand-coloured by the artist) on Arches wove paper, printed by Louis Fort, Paris

Condition

With full margins. A tear in the right margin measuring approximately 77mm, extending into the image by approximately 23mm, slight paper discoloration at extreme edges of sheet.
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