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Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art, Chagall & l’Opéra de Paris “Tribute to Beethoven, Bizet, Verdi & Gluck”, Reference 86090 A unique and extraordinary yellow gold wristwatch with polychrome enamel dial by Anita Porchet, after the fresco adorning the ceiling of the Palais Garnier by Marc Chagall, Circa 2012 Dial: polychrome enamel by Anita Porchet Calibre: cal. 2460 SC automatic, 27 jewels Movement number: 5’167’989 Case: 18k yellow gold, hinged case back and inner sapphire crystal display back secured by 6 screws Case number: 1’190’342 Closure: black Vacheron Constantin alligator strap and 18k yellow gold buckle Size: 40 mm diameter Signed: case, dial and movement Accessories: Vacheron Constantin Guarantee Certificate, loupe, USB instruction manual and presentation box Inspired by the soaring dreamscape of Marc Chagall’s fresco above the Palais Garnier, Vacheron Constantin entrusted Anita Porchet, the greatest enameller of her generation, to translate that celestial vision into the intimate theatre of a wristwatch. Working in grand feu enamel, Porchet builds the composition in delicate, translucent layers, each one painted with microscopic strokes before being surrendered to the kiln. With every firing, the colours deepen, fuse, and awaken; with every return to the flame, the risk of loss is absolute. Yet from this alchemy of fragility and fire, Porchet summons a dial alive with Chagall’s swirling blues, radiant golds, and airborne figures, compressed miracles rendered on a surface scarcely larger than a coin. The result is a work that blurs the line between watch and artwork: a miniature cosmos where monumental fresco becomes molten glass, where emotion survives the fire, and where Vacheron Constantin’s pursuit of beauty finds one of its most luminous expressions. The present wristwatch is a unique creation, remarkable in its ambition and scope, capturing almost the entire expanse of Chagall’s monumental fresco above the Palais Garnier. By contrast, the few other known examples depict only small fragments of the masterpiece, each focusing on a single composer or isolated vignette from the grand celestial tableau. This watch, however, dares to encompass Chagall’s sweeping vision in its entirety, an extraordinary feat at the miniature scale, making it not merely an interpretation, but an unparalleled homage to the full orchestral splendour of his Parisian sky.

View 1 of Lot 2364: Métiers d’Art, Chagall & l’Opéra de Paris “Tribute to Beethoven, Bizet, Verdi & Gluck”, Reference 86090 | A unique and extraordinary yellow gold wristwatch with polychrome enamel dial by Anita Porchet, after the fresco adorning the ceiling of the Palais Garnier by Marc Chagall, Circa 2012

métiers d’art, chagall & l’opéra de paris “tribute to beethoven, bizet, verdi & gluck”, reference 86090 | a unique and extraordinary yellow gold wristwatch with polychrome enamel dial by anita porchet, after the fresco adorning the ceiling of the palais garnier by marc chagall, circa 2012

Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile — Collection Georgette J. Salles 

Picasso, Pablo — Marc Chagall — Alberto Giacometti, etc. — Paul Éluard

Picasso, Pablo — Marc Chagall — Alberto Giacometti, etc. — Paul Éluard Un poème dans chaque livre. Paris, Louis Broder, 1956. In-8 carré (190 x 190 mm). Box noir, plats et dos parcourus d’une succession de bandes horizontales en léger relief mosaïquées de box de différentes couleurs (rouge, bleu, vert, marron, violet et ocre) sur lesquelles s’inscrit, sur le plat supérieur, le titre en lettres capitales mosaïquées de box de diverses couleurs, dos lisse orné du nom de l’auteur mosaïqué de même, petit cercle mosaïqué sur le plat inférieur, doublure et gardes de daim rouge, tranches dorées sur brochure, couverture imprimée et dos, chemise et étui (P. L. Martin, 1968). Entièrement monté sur onglets. Très beau livre hommage à Paul Éluard illustré par une pléiade d’artistes qui furent proches du poète. Dans une remarquable reliure lettriste de Pierre-Lucien Martin. De la bibliothèque Henri Paricaud. 12 poèmes autographiés reproduits en fac-similé, tirés de divers recueils, d’Exemples (1921) à Cours naturel (1938). 16 gravures originales de Ernst, Braque, Masson, Miró, Chagall, Giacometti, Tanguy, Picasso, Domínguez, et alii, certaines sur double page (voir détails infra). Tirage unique à 120 exemplaires sur vélin de Rives (n° 99), signés à la justification au crayon par douze des artistes représentés. Henri Laurens, Yves Tanguy et Fernand Léger étant morts avant la parution de l'ouvrage.

View 1 of Lot 128: Un poème dans chaque livre. 1956. Nombreuses gravures 16 gravures originales de Ernst, Braque, Masson, Miró, Chagall, Giacometti, Tanguy, Picasso, Domínguez, etc. Remarquable reliure lettriste de Martin. De la bibliothèque Paricaud.

un poème dans chaque livre. 1956. nombreuses gravures 16 gravures originales de ernst, braque, masson, miró, chagall, giacometti, tanguy, picasso, domínguez, etc. remarquable reliure lettriste de martin. de la bibliothèque paricaud.

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, limited folio edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Tempest&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Tempest</a>, signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Marc+Chagall&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Chagall</a>.<ul><li>Marc Chagall (French-Russian).</li><li>After William Shakespeare (English).</li><li>Monte Carlo:&nbsp;Andre Sauret,&nbsp;1975.</li><li>Folio.&nbsp;</li><li>Fifty lithographs overall, with original tissue guards.</li><li>Limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies (this is #96), 270 the entire edition.</li><li>Original glassine wrappers; printed on Arches wove paper, in a cream vellum box, stamped in gilt on cover, held in original publisher's cardboard shipping box with label.</li></ul> A wonderful and evocative series of lithographs, produced when Chagall was 88 years old. When Raymond Levy of Editions André Sauret first approached the artist about illustrating Shakespeare's Tempest, Chagall initially hesitated because he was afraid he might not do justice to the text, but then between March and May 1975, he produced fifty drawings on tracing paper, which were transferred onto zinc plates and sent back to Chagall for final retouching.

The Tempest | Signed by Chagall

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Gogol&amp;tab=objects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gogol</a>'s Les Âmes Mortes (Dead Souls), the first major book entirely illustrated and signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=marc%20chagall&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chagall</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2 volumes.</li><li>Nicolai Gogol (Russian).</li><li>Illustrated by Marc Chagall (French-Russian).</li><li>Paris: Tériade, 1948.</li><li>Folio.</li><li>Illustrated with 96 etchings, hors-texte, and 11 etched vignettes, en-texte on Japon nacré.</li><li>Signed by Chagall in ink on the justification page.</li><li>Limited edition, one of 50 copies on vélin d’arches filigrané, this being numbered 27, from a total edition of 368.</li><li>Text in French.</li><li>All loose as issued in publisher’s printed cream colored wrappers, with cream colored chemises.</li></ul>&nbsp;Gogol’s masterpiece Dead Souls, the first major book entirely illustrated by Chagall and his first illustrations for Vollard. Written over five years at the end of the long pilgrimage that brought Gogol to Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, Dead Souls offers a vivid and ruthless portrait of a small swindler in provincial Russia in 1820. Published for the first time in 1842, the novel went on to exert a huge influence over the development of Russian literature. In 1923 the French publisher Ambroise Vollard asked Chagall to produce an illustrated edition. Chagall, who had always felt a strong emotional connection to the country where he spent his youth, agreed with enthusiasm and pursued the project between 1923 and 1927. However, like many other Vollard projects, the production of the work was interrupted and only completed years later. The final plate presents a particularly curious image in which Gogol reads and Chagall paints a portrait of Vollard.

Les Âmes Mortes

MARC CHAGALL (1887 - 1985) Femme Centaure et Âne Vert sur Fond Rouge stamped MArC ChAgAll (lower left) oil, tempera and ink on canvas 36 ¼ by 28 ¾ in. 92 by 73 cm. Executed in 1976.&nbsp;

Femme Centaure et Âne Vert sur Fond Rouge

Marc Chagall(1887 - 1985) Scène biblique signed Marc Chagall (lower right) oil on canvas 43 ¼ by 49 ⅜ in. 109.9 by 125.4 cm. Executed circa 1980.&nbsp;

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