Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) Drypoint Etchings on Paper 1923-48, "Les Ames Mortes: Five Plates", H 8.75" W 11.25"
The works are unsigned (as issued), published by Tériade, Paris, printed by Louis Fort, Paris, with full margins, each framed. These scenes of life in Russia were still fresh in Chagall"s mind in 1923", When he began the etchings for Nikolai Gogol"s novel Les Âmes mortes, the classic Russian text that was to be his first book collaboration with the renowned publisher Ambroise Vollard. A notorious perfectionist, Vollard left twenty-five unfinished projects at the time of his death in 1939, including Les Âmes mortes. The volume was later completed in 1948 by Tériade. Frame Measurements H 17" W 19" Provenance: Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan; Property from the Estate of David Lebenbom, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan