Graphic Work by Chagall Marc Franz Meyer Hanz (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. 4to. xxxviii,151pp. Grey cloth, reproduction of a Chagall work printed in black on front cover, black lettering to spine. In original color illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with 147 b/w reproductions of Chagall's works, and 4 color reproductions. Boards very slightly bowed. Slight sunning to top of boards. Dj worn at corners and edges of spine. Overall very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: vg+ to fine. First edition. Quarto. xxxviii, 151pp. [1]. Illustrated purple and red dust jacket. Original publisher's belly band and cardboard slipcase as issued. Beige cloth boards with illustration in black on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Original torn publisher's belly band laid in at the interior front cover. This monograph showcases Marc Chagall's graphic work from the years 1922-1957, and includes a total of 148 images reproducing the artist's work. Most images are in b/w, with six in color, and can be divided roughly into five major stages of Chagall's career: etchings for his autobiography, - illustrations for Gogol's "Dead Souls" (1923-27) - etchings for La Fontaine's "Fables" (1927-30), - illustrations for the Bible - his post-war lithographs. All images are finely printed, mostly in high quality offset, with a few b/w images being lithographic. Dust jacket with some minor rubbing to corners, and spine, with a few small closed tears to the head of the spine. Belly band with some light creasing and a few small closed tears, but otherwise in good shape. Interior clean throughout, with book block tight overall. Binding and interior in fine condition, dust jacket and belly band in very good+ condition, slipcase in fine condition with original bookseller's stamp at the top.

Hardcover. Condition: vg to near fine. First edition. Quarto. xxxviii, 151pp. [1]. Illustrated purple and red dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with illustration in black on the front cover, black lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Original torn publisher's belly band laid in at the interior front cover. This unique copy contains two inscriptions to former president of Israel Zalman Shazar (1889-1974), in pen on the title page. One at the top is a 75th birthday gift inscription in Hebrew from a unidentified friend of Shazar, and below it is another warm inscription from artist Marc Chagall in Yiddish, dated 1964. Chagall writes: "In honor of the president and my good friend Z. Shazar, with love, Marc Chagall, Jerusalem 1964". It can be assumed that Shazar's friend gave him the book as a gift and Marc Chagall, who was present at the time, also inscribed it to him. This monograph showcases Marc Chagall's graphic work from the years 1922-1957, and includes a total of 148 images reproducing the artist's work. Most images are in b/w, with six in color, and can be divided roughly into five major stages of Chagall's career: etchings for his autobiography, - illustrations for Gogol's "Dead Souls" (1923-27) - etchings for La Fontaine's "Fables" (1927-30), - illustrations for the Bible - his post-war lithographs. All images are finely printed, mostly in high quality offset, with a few b/w images being lithographic. Dust jacket with some minor to light rubbing and creasing to extremities. Binding with very minor age toning along the bottom edge of the front cover. A few light stains to the top edge of the book block. Interior clean throughout, with book block tight overall. Dj in very good, binding and interior in very good+ to near fine condition overall.