Jacob's Departure for Egypt, plate 24 from The Bible (C. books 30)
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Marc Chagall
Jacob's Departure for Egypt, plate 24 from The Bible (C. books 30)
etching with hand-colouring, 1931-9, from the set of 105, on Arches, signed with initials in pencil, bearing the inscription V/V, aside from the edition of one hundred (there were also twenty hors commerce impressions), published by Tériade, Paris, 1958, with wide margins, a deckle edge above, some mount and light-staining, the upper sheet corners creased (not touching the subject), occasional pale, pinpoint foxmarks in the margins, time staining along three sheet edges
P. 300 x 236 mm., S. 532 x 390 mm.
Jacob's Departure for Egypt, plate 24 from The Bible (C. books 30)
etching with hand-colouring, 1931-9, from the set of 105, on Arches, signed with initials in pencil, bearing the inscription V/V, aside from the edition of one hundred (there were also twenty hors commerce impressions), published by Tériade, Paris, 1958, with wide margins, a deckle edge above, some mount and light-staining, the upper sheet corners creased (not touching the subject), occasional pale, pinpoint foxmarks in the margins, time staining along three sheet edges
P. 300 x 236 mm., S. 532 x 390 mm.