Marc Chagall Artwork Details

 

 

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Note: This was plate 34 from “The Bible”. It was from a series of 105 etchings made by the artist and published by Teriade in 1958 depicting Old Testamaent scenes. Each of therse was signed with a monogramm rasther then the full signature. Chagall HAND COLORED each etching from this series by himself with watercolor.In this way each of these hand colored etchings is an original work of Chagall, one of a kind!!! In this important subject the Children of Israel are seen escaping across the Red Sea which has been parted by Moses whose assistant, an angel, is seen flying overhead. The Israelites are being persuade by the Egyptian army who can be seen with their horses, chariots, swords and weaponry in hot pursuit. These Egyptians, alas, are all about to be drowned when the sea will close over them and destroy them all. It is a very dramatic moment described in great detail in the Old testament. the stern figure of Moses is seen raising his staff to the heavens in the left foreground. Image Size: 240 x 317 mms ; Paper size : 388 x 535 mms Reference: The Illustrated Books of Marc Chagall by Patrick Cramer, published by Galerie Cramer, Geneva 1995. Number 30. Condition: excellent