Signed lithograph on plate (ref. Mourlot, Sorlier, 591). 'Les Saltimbanques', the painter's iconic Artwork, currently difficult to find in a lithographic edition. On this occasion, published in 1998, limited, with the following accreditation on the back:
Marc Chagall
Les Saltimbanques
Die Gaukler, November 1969
Farblithographie [German equivalent of Color Lithography], 76.2 x 53.5 cm [refers to the measurements of the original]
The Sorlier 591 collection
VG – Bild-Klunst Bon 1998’
Signed in plate in the lower right part, and in the lower left part, also in plate: 'Epreuve de collaborateur 1/4' (Proof of collaborator 1/4).
Total measurements: 59 x 42 cm. Image: 40 x 30 cm On quality white, semi-matte paper; The Artwork is on a very slightly cream-white color, (56 x 40 cm) with a white margin of 1 cm, and 2 cm at the bottom. In excellent condition.
Chagall lived the artistic effervescence of the Paris of Picasso, Blaise Cendrars and other relevant artists of the late 19th - early 20th centuries, participating with his unclassifiable style and talent, and his extraordinary use of color.