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

Limited 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)

Hand-signed in pencil
Artist Proof
Condition: Excellent

※ Frontispiece for "La Mise en mots" by Elsa Triolet

This work is an important print born from the dialogue between literature and art.

"La Mise en mots" symbolically expresses Chagall's unique dreamlike universe. The two faces transforming in a spiral, and the sun containing a pink animal placed above them, create a composition that conveys both mystery and intimacy.

The poetic canvas woven with black, yellow, red, and green colors condenses the themes that run through Chagall's art: love, spirituality, memory, and imagination. The 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 also gives it high collection value. It is a work of deep cultural significance, where literary history and art history intersect.

A representative painter of the École de Paris, born in 1887 and died in 1985.

With diverse and brilliant colors, he depicted the world of love between men and women, the Bible, and myths as a fairy tale. Landscapes and figures blend into colors, time and space merge, creating a fantastic and atmospheric painting world where one can feel his love for his wife and hometown, and a message of yearning for love and peace.

 1887 Born in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)

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

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

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

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

1915 Married Bella, a native of his hometown. Lived in Russia after the October Revolution.

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

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

1923 Commissioned by art dealer Vollard to create copperplate prints for Gogol's "Dead Souls" and La Fontaine's "Fables."

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 The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago organized an exhibition.

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 with a circus theme. Published the copperplate print collection "Bible."

1958 Created the lithograph collection "Bible."

1963 Painted the ceiling of the Paris Opera. Held large retrospective exhibitions in Tokyo and Kyoto.

1966 Donated his magnum opus, 17 consecutive works of "The Bible Message," to the French Republic.

1967 A major retrospective exhibition was held in Zurich and Cologne to commemorate his 80th birthday.

The Louvre Museum held "The Bible Message Exhibition."

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

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

1985 Died 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, vied to acquire his works.

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