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Marc Chagall

Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame

Marc Chagall's Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame hails from the Visions de Paris set which contained seven original lithographs commissioned by the Paris publisher, Verve and printed by Fernand Mourlot in 1952. On the verso of Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame is another original black and white lithograph depicting a view of the Seine from Marc Chagall's studio. Catalogue Raisonne, Mourlot #82, Second and final State as issued by Verve in December, 1952.
 
Title: Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame
Artist: Chagall, Marc (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)
Date: 1952
Medium: Original Lithograph
Publication: Verve, Paris
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Note: Marc Chagall: The name of Marc Chagall requires little introduction for, along with Picasso, Matisse and Miro, he stands at the summit of twentieth century art. More than any artist of any time, Chagall was the master interpreter of dreams and allegories. These he delineated with an astonishing innocence and purity and -- as his long, productive career advanced -- he turned mostly towards original lithography as his most favoured vehicle of artistic expression.
  Born into a poor family in Russian Vitebsk, Marc Chagall first began to paint in 1907. He attended an art school in St. Petersburg for several years before leaving for Paris in 1910 to study under the famous stage designer, Leon Bakst. His first major exhibition of art took place in Berlin in 1914 and had an immediate influence upon the course of contemporary German Expressionism. Marc Chagall was forced to return to Russia during the First World War but returned to permanently live in the Paris suburb of Vence in 1931. With the exception of the occupation of Paris in World War Two, Marc Chagall resided in Vence for the rest of his life.
  Marc Chagall executed his first important series of prints in 1922. Commissioned mainly by Vollard his early graphic art was almost exclusively in the medium of etching. Chagall was introduced in 1948 to original lithography by Fernand Mourlot, owner of one of the world's great lithography workshops. During the following thirty-five years over one thousand original lithographs were created by his hand. These amazing and vibrant works of art place Chagall as perhaps the greatest lithographer of modern art.
  Marc Chagall's earliest lithographs were created in black and white. In 1952 he attempted his first lithographs in colours; three compositions for the lithographic set, Visions de Paris and a single lithograph entitled, Bonjour sur Paris. Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame hails from the Visions de Paris set.
  Consisting of three colour and four black and white lithographs Visions de Paris marks an important cornerstone in Chagall's career. Executed shortly after the end of the Second World War, these lithographs commemorate both Marc Chagall's return to his beloved city and the resumption of peace. Many of the famous images and symbols which are synonymous with Chagall's art are introduced here. Most important, however, is his rich and textured introduction of colours. These most important prints thus set the stage for the famous colour lithographs the artist created from 1952 to 1985.
 

The seven original lithographs for Visions de Paris were commissioned by the Paris publisher, Verve, and were bound into their 1952 double number volume on pages 127 to 134. (At the same time these lithographs were individually issued in a small, pencil signed edition of 75 impressions.) Both sides of the sturdy, wove paper were used for printing and therefore a black and white lithograph appears on the verso of this original colour lithograph. The black and white lithograph on the verso of Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame is a view of the Seine from Chagall's studio. He has written these lines within the stone under this image,

“Visions de Paris qui sont peut-etre
les memes et qui ne sont pas
les memes
Paris reflet de mon coeur.
Je voudrais m'y fondre, ne point etre
seul avec moi - meme
Marc Chagall,
1952”

  Verve: From 1937 to 1960 Verve was a leader for promoting modern movements in art. Printed and published in Paris, this periodical contained major articles on and by leading contemporary artists. More importantly, each issue contained at least one original print created specifically for the publication.
  Some of the most sought after original lithographs of the twentieth century appeared in 1952 double number (#27 & 28) of Verve. These included Marc Chagall's complete Visions de Paris set, Henri Matisse's, The Sadness of the King, Leger's, The Outing, Andre Masson's, Le Torrent, Miro's, The Dog Barking at the Moon and original lithographs in both colours and black and white by Georges Braque, Henri Laurens, Alberto Giacometti, Francisco Bores and Marcel Gromaire. Original works of art printed by Verve never appeared in pencil signed and limited editions, but most were published in numbers of two thousand five hundred or less.
Raisonne: Fernand Mourlot, ed., Chagall Lithographie (1922-1957), Paris, Andre Sauret, 1960.
  Mourlot #82, Second and final State as issued by Verve in December, 1952.
Source: Verve (Moods and Movements in Art)
Size: 14 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition: Printed upon thick, wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris for Verve in 1952. A fine, full colour impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original lithograph entitled Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame represents a most important example of the art of Marc Chagall.
Price: Sold - The price is no longer available.
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Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985)
# Title & Artist Date Medium Source -
01.- Chagall Lithographe II by Marc Chagall 1963 Original Lithograph Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962) Sold
02.- Farming Scene From 'Les Ames Mortes' by Marc Chagall 1927 (Sole Pub Ed: 1948) Original Etching and Aquatint Les Ames Mortes Sold
03.- Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall 1952 Original Lithograph Verve, Paris Sold
04.- Le Clown Fleuri by Marc Chagall 1963 Original Lithograph Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962) Sold
05.- Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall 1952 Original Lithograph Verve, Paris Sold
06.- Nocturne a Vence by Marc Chagall 1963 Original Lithograph Chagall Lithographe II (1957 - 1962) Sold
07.- Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall 1952 Original Lithograph Verve, Paris Sold

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Verve
# Title & Artist Artist Info Date Medium -
01.- 1. Flemish Interior (Interieur Flamand) 2. Nude (Nu) by Marcel Gromaire Marcel Gromaire (Noyelles-sur-Sambre, 1892 - Paris, 1971) 1952 Original Lithograph  
02.- 1. Frontispiece 2. Still Life by Georges Braque Georges Braque (Argenteuil, 1881 - Paris, 1964) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
03.- 1. The Tree (L'Arbre) 2. The Street (La Rue) by Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti (Switzerland, 1901 - Paris, 1966) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
04.- Daphne by Henri Laurens Henri Laurens (Paris, 1885 - 1954) 1952 Original Lithograph  
05.- Figures Floating Above Paris by Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
06.- La Femme En Bleu (The Woman In Blue) by Francisco Bores Francisco Bores (Madrid, 1898 - Paris, 1972) 1952 Original Lithograph  
07.- Mother and Child in front of Notre Dame by Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
08.- The Dog Barking at the Moon Awakens the Cock, ... by Joan Miro Joan Miro (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma de Mallorca, 1983) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
09.- The Moon (La Lune) by Andre Masson Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988) 1938 Original Lithograph Sold
10.- The Outing (La partie de Campagne) by Fernand Leger Fernand Leger (Argentan, 1881 - Seine-et-Oise, 1955) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold
11.- The Sun (Le Soleil) by Andre Masson Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988) 1938 Original Lithograph Sold
12.- The Torrent (Le Torrent) by Andre Masson Andre Masson (Balagny, 1896 - Paris, 1988) 1952 Original Lithograph  
13.- Visions of Paris by Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, Russia, 1887 - St. Paul-De-Vence, France, 1985) 1952 Original Lithograph Sold

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