Marc Chagall Le Peintre et son Double (The Painter and his Double), 1981 is a charming work with an ethereal quality from the final years of the artist’s career. Chagall renders a painter on the right side of the work illustrating a bouquet, a staple image in much of the artist’s work. An idyllic and whimsical Parisian scene takes place before him: a dancing girl, a couple in the sky, a white sheep, a flying fish, and a winged cellist dances about the composition. Each of the figures depicted make appearances in the artist’s previous works. As such, the painter depicted in the work is likely a representation of Chagall himself, and the work may be interpreted as a characterization of how he viewed Paris, his ultimate inspiration.

Created in 1981, this original color lithograph on Arches wove paper is hand-signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Marc Chagall Le Peintre et son Double (The Painter and his Double),1981 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Cramer, Patrick. Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Patrick Cramer: Geneva, 1995. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 111.
2. Gauss, Ulrike. Marc Chagall: The Lithographs. The Sorlier collection. Edited by Ulrike Gauss et. al. New York: Distributed Art Publishers., Inc., 1999. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 992a.
3. Mourlot, Fernand. The Lithographs of Chagall, 1980-1985, André Sauret: Monte Carlo, 1963. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 992 (a).
4. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
Marc Chagall Le Peintre et son Double (The Painter and his Double),1981 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with linen-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.