Marc Chagall La Mise en mots (Putting into Words) Lithograph, 1969, signed, EA

Marc Chagall

La Mise en mots (Putting into Words)

Lithograph
Produced in 1969

Edition of 175

Publisher: Albert Skira
(Collection Les Sentiers de la Création / Geneva)

Printer: Ateliers Mourlot (Paris)

Catalogue Raisonné:
Sorlier IV n°584 bis (p.43)
Cramer 79

Paper size: 28.00 × 22.00 cm
(11.02 × 8.66 inches)

Image size: 26.50 × 21.00 cm
(10.43 × 8.27 inches)

Signed in pencil by the artist
Artist proof
Condition: Excellent

※Frontispiece for La Mise en mots by Elsa Triolet

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This work is a significant print created from the dialogue between literature and art.

《La Mise en mots》 symbolically expresses Chagall's unique dreamlike universe. The composition, with two faces transforming in a spiral and a sun containing a pink animal above them, evokes both mystery and intimacy.

The poetic imagery woven from black, yellow, red, and green condenses the themes that run through Chagall's art: love, spirituality, memory, and imagination. This world, where figures and animals, reality and fantasy lightly intertwine, evokes rich emotions as if visualizing "words."

In addition to being a limited edition of 175, its status as an artist's proof gives it high collectible value. It is a culturally significant work where literary history and art history intersect.

A representative painter of the School of Paris, born in 1887 and died in 1985

He painted the love between men and women, biblical stories, and myths as a fairy tale world with diverse and brilliant colors. Landscapes and figures melt into color, and time and space merge in his paintings, which convey a fantastical color and atmosphere. His love for his wife and hometown, and a message seeking love and peace, can be felt in his work.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)

1907 Studied at the St. Petersburg School of Art (St. Petersburg).

1909 Studied at the St. Petersburg School of Art (St. Petersburg).

1910 Moved to Paris and interacted with Fernand Léger, Modigliani, Delaunay, Apollinaire, and others.

1914 Held his first solo exhibition nearby, showing Cubist influences.

1915 Married Bella, from his hometown. Lived in Russia after the October Revolution.

1917 Returned to Paris, establishing his unique, mystical, supernatural style.

1922 Created the copperplate print collection "My Life" from memories.

1923 Produced copperplate prints for Gogol's "Dead Souls" and La Fontaine's "Fables" at the request of art dealer Vollard.

1931 Traveled to Palestine to create the "Bible" series.

1941 Fled to America to escape Nazi persecution.

1944 His beloved wife Bella died in America.

1945 Held an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute.

1948 Created the print collection "Arabian Nights."

1950 Acquired French citizenship and moved to Southern France.

1952 Remarried to Valentina Brodsky.

1954 Began creating the lithograph collection "Daphnis and Chloe."

1956 Created lithographs on the theme of the circus. Published the copperplate print collection "Bible."

1958 Created the lithograph collection "Bible."

1963 Created the ceiling painting for the Paris Opera. Held a major retrospective exhibition in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 Donated 17 large-scale "Bible Message" works to the French Republic.

1967 Major retrospective exhibition celebrating his 80th birthday held in Zurich and Cologne.

The Louvre Museum held the "Bible Message Exhibition."

1973 The Marc Chagall National Museum of the Biblical Message (now Marc Chagall Museum) opened in Nice.

1976 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo held a solo exhibition.

1985 Passed away in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Southern France.

Museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, competed to acquire his works.