Chagall, Marc, Signed Numbered Color Lithograph, 1980 Start Price USD 65,000.00 Current Price USD 65,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 End Time Friday, July 18, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Chagall, Marc, Signed Numbered Color Lithograph, 1980' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: L'Envolee Magique (The Magic Flight) (1980) Artist: Chagall, Marc Medium: Original Color Lithograph Image Size: 37 in x 23.2 in (94 cm x 59 cm) Sheet Size: 45.6 in x 29.7 in (116 cm x 75.5 cm) Framed Size: 63 1/4 in x 47 1/4 in (160.6 cm x 120 cm) Signature: Hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) in pencil Edition: Numbered 32/50 in pencil in the lower left Condition: Excellent    Description:The beautiful and bright coloration are what grabs our attention immediately as this Magic Flight transports us to the fantastic world of Marc Chagall's creativity, imagination, and innovation. Lush blues, frosty pinks, and bright yellows encompass the entirety of the print, as its grand scale and size makes way for an experience unlike any other work by Chagall. This is an incredibly playful and joyous work, as whimsical characters abound in celebratory dance throughout. Regarding the grand size of the series of prints, Charles Sorlier details the following:It was the editor Aimé Maeght who had the idea of asking Chagall to realize a few large scale lithographs…. At first Chagall was a little reticent. But he wanted to please Aimé Maeght and so he began to work. Almost at once he became completely absorbed in the project and went well beyond the editor's request, since he was soon working on fourteen plates. (42) Created in 1980, Magic Flight is one of fourteen large-scale lithographs created by Chagall from a request by editor Aimé Maeght. Numbered 32/50 in pencil in the lower left margin and hand-signed by Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin. Published by Editions Maeght, Paris on Arches wove paper. Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :1. Gauss, Ulrike, ed. Marc Chagall, The Lithographs - la Collection Sorlier. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 980 on pg. 369.2. Sorlier, Charles. Chagall Lithographs, vol. VI 1980 - 1985, Crown Publishers, Inc.: New York, 1986. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 980 on pgs. 60-1. Series further detailed on pg. 42. About the FramingFramed in museum-quality, archival materials, this work is set in a Spanish-style black and gold leaf frame. The shimmering tones of the gold moulding complements the cool tones in the work, found in the solid block colors of the paper collage. Magic Flight is completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, finished behind an archival Plexiglas® cover. 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