Saturday 3 March 2018

Marc Chagall - part 16



Marc Zakharovich Chagall (born Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov 1887 - 1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints.

For more biographical information see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1-15 also.

This is part 16 of a 28-part series on the works of Marc Chagall:



1954 The Champs-Elysées
colour lithograph on Arches paper 66 x 45.7 cm

1954 The Monsters of Notre-Dame
colour lithograph on ivory wove paper 46 x 31.5 cm ( image )

1954 The Opera
colour lithograph on wove paper 38.1 x 27.9 cm

1954 The Pantheon
lithograph on wove paper 38.1 x 27.6 cm ( sheet )

1954 Vence, Cité des Arts et des Fleurs
colour lithograph 75 x 53 cm

1954-55 Le Champ de Mars
oil on canvas 149.5 x 105 cm
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

1954-62 The Farm
oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm
Private Collection

1954c The Red Horse
colour lithograph on wove paper

1955 Aleko and his wife Zemphira
colour etching and aquatint 64.3 x 55.2 cm ( sheet )

1955 Self-Portrait with a Palette
gouache and Indian ink
Private Collection

1955 The Artist at his Easel
oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm
Private Collection

1955 The Bouquet
colour lithograph 63.5 x 49.5 cm ( image )

1955-56 Bible I 
Lithographs:


1956 Illustrations for The Bible

1955-56 Preliminary Sketch for a lithograph
pencil and India ink on paper 38.1 x 28.1 cm

1956 Abraham and Sarah
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Angel of Paradise
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Angel with a Sword
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Dance of Miriam, Sister of Moses
lithograph with hand-colouring

1956 David and Absolom
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 David and Bathsheba
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 David with his Harp
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Eli on Mount Carmel
etching with hand-colouring 28.8 x 24.5 cm
de Young / Legion of Honour Museums of San Francisco

1956 God had Pity on Jacob
etching with hand-colouring 29 x 24 cm ( plate )

1956 Jeremiah
colour lithograph 33.5 x 27 cm

1956 Jeremiah's Lamentations
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Josiah
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
colour lithograph 59 x 41 cm ( image )
de Young / Legion of Honour Museums of San Francisco

1956 Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law 
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law 
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 Recontre de Jacob et de Rachel
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Bénédiction de  Éphraim et Manassé
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Josué lit les paroles de la Loi
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Josué arrête le soleil
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Plate 51 Josué et la pierre de Sichem
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 David vainquer de Goliath
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Cantique de l'arc
lithograph on Arches paper 30.5 x 22.9 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

1956 Rachel Hides Her Father’s Household Gods
colour lithograph on Arches wove paper 52.1 x 32.1 cm ( sheet )

1956 Solomon
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 The Angel
colour lithograph 35.5 x 26 cm

1956 The Descent Toward Sodom
hand-coloured etching with watercolour on Arches paper 53.5 x 39 cm

1961-66 Noah and the Rainbow:



1961 Noah and the Rainbow
oil on cardboard

1963 Noah and the Rainbow
oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm

1963 Noah and the Rainbow
oil on canvas 56 x 72 cm

1963 Noah and the Rainbow study
pastel and India ink on paper 16 x 21 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
pencil and charcoal on paper 45.2 x 60.5 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow
gouache, India ink and pastel on paper 16 x 19.4 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow
pencil and pastel on paper 38.4 x 66.1 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
India ink and oil on paper 27.5 x 37.5 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
pastel and gouache on paper 32 x 26 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
pastel and India ink on paper 25.4 x 32.2 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
pencil and India ink on paper 49.9 x 66.1 cm

1963c Noah and the Rainbow study
pencil, pastel and gouache on paper 25.6 x 32 cm

1966 Noah and the Rainbow
oil on canvas 205 x 292.5 cm
Musée Chagall, Nice, France