Mark Chagall: Leben und Werk
Zurich: Verlag Fretz und Wasmuth, 1961. First Swiss edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 775pp. Original illustrated dust jacket with black lettering on spine. Illustrated grey boards with black lettering on covers and spine. One of two initial German-language editions of this acclaimed monograph published in 1961, the other being Koln.
"Marc Chagall is known chiefly as a painter of fantasy, but the art of this septuagenarian defies classification. His fantasies of lovers floating on air, of wedding bouquets towering above the skyline , of scenes recalled from his native Vitebsk in Russia, of topsy-turvy houses and churches, of fiddlers and aerial clocks-these are Chagall's images that are cherished by his ever-growing public. This definitive volume, the first full-scale book on Chagall published in this country, is written by Franz Meyer, the artist's son-in-law. No one could be better qualified to write of the poetic genius of Chagall the man and Chagall the artist" - publisher.
This brilliant monograph features the works of Chagall. Presented in chronological order: Russia 1906-1910, Paris 1910-1914, Russia 1914-1922, Berlin, France 1923-1941, America, back in France. Lavishly illustrated throughout with more than 1,250 b/w and color photographic reproductions, including 53 tipped in color plates. Meyer's commentary dispersed between illustrations throughout. Notes, chronology, classified catalogue, bibliography, exhibitions, list of illustrations, photographic sources and index at rear of book.
Dust jacket with some rubbing, chipping and/or closed tears to extremities. Binding tight, and interior very clean. Interior fforn cover with illustrated bookplate of a previous owner. Dj in good+, binding and interior in near fine condition overall. g+ to near fine. Item #53028
Price: $65.00