Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO ZALMAN SHAZAR BY MARC CHAGALL]

Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1957

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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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. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Marc Chagall: His Graphic Work [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO ZALMAN SHAZAR BY MARC CHAGALL]
Author
Chagall, Marc; Franz Meyer (intro and selection); Hanz Bolliger; Milton S. Fox (ed.)
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, New York
Publication year
1957
Condition
vg to near fine
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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