Le Jardin, from Poèmes: A Trial Proof (Cramer 41; cf. Cramer, Chagall Books 74)
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Marc Chagall
Le Jardin, from Poèmes: A Trial Proof (Cramer 41; cf. Cramer, Chagall Books 74)
woodcut printed in colours with collage and handcolouring, 1968, on wove paper, from the set of 24, signed with initials in pencil, inscribed 'Bon', aside from the total edition of 238, published by G. Cramer, Geneva, with margins, a deckle edge at the right, a horizontal crease mainly visible on the reverse, one or two further soft handling creases, traces of surface dirt on the reverse, otherwise generally in good condition, L. 321 x 247mm.; A Terre, from Poèmes (Cramer 49), woodcut printed in colours with touches of handcolouring, with pencil annotations, a trial proof aside from the total edition of 238; and Dans ma Mémoire, from Poèmes (Cramer 46), woodcut printed in colours, a trial proof without the red block on the central figure (3)
Le Jardin, from Poèmes: A Trial Proof (Cramer 41; cf. Cramer, Chagall Books 74)
woodcut printed in colours with collage and handcolouring, 1968, on wove paper, from the set of 24, signed with initials in pencil, inscribed 'Bon', aside from the total edition of 238, published by G. Cramer, Geneva, with margins, a deckle edge at the right, a horizontal crease mainly visible on the reverse, one or two further soft handling creases, traces of surface dirt on the reverse, otherwise generally in good condition, L. 321 x 247mm.; A Terre, from Poèmes (Cramer 49), woodcut printed in colours with touches of handcolouring, with pencil annotations, a trial proof aside from the total edition of 238; and Dans ma Mémoire, from Poèmes (Cramer 46), woodcut printed in colours, a trial proof without the red block on the central figure (3)