Lot Essay
Neither of the present works were included in the final version of The Bible, although the composition of Joshua before the armed Angel was used, albeit in reverse.
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Joshua before the armed Angel, plate 45 from The Bible (cf. C. books 29)
Details
Marc Chagall
Joshua before the armed Angel, plate 45 from The Bible (cf. C. books 29)
etching printed with tone, circa 1931-39, on sturdy wove, one of two recorded impressions, with wide margins, a few pale foxmarks in the margins, occasional soft creasing in the margins, pale time staining at the sheet edges, generally in good condition; together with The Last Judgement, by the same hand, also one of only two known proofs, both framed
P. 340 x 242 mm., S. 440 x 324 mm. (2)
Joshua before the armed Angel, plate 45 from The Bible (cf. C. books 29)
etching printed with tone, circa 1931-39, on sturdy wove, one of two recorded impressions, with wide margins, a few pale foxmarks in the margins, occasional soft creasing in the margins, pale time staining at the sheet edges, generally in good condition; together with The Last Judgement, by the same hand, also one of only two known proofs, both framed
P. 340 x 242 mm., S. 440 x 324 mm. (2)
Provenance
Raymond Haasen, Paris
With Blue Moon Gallery (Lawrence Saphire), New York, until 1991
With Galerie Patrick Cramer, Geneva
With Blue Moon Gallery (Lawrence Saphire), New York, until 1991
With Galerie Patrick Cramer, Geneva
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Raymond Haasen, Paris
With Blue Moon Gallery (Lawrence Saphire), New York
Galerie Patrick Cramer, Geneva
Raymond Haasen, Paris
With Blue Moon Gallery (Lawrence Saphire), New York
Galerie Patrick Cramer, Geneva