MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Le Cirque: one plate
lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, 1967, signed in pencil, annotated 'HC' (one of three hors-commerce impressions, aside from the edition of 24), published by Tériade Editeur, Paris, framed

Image: 16¾ x 12¾ in. (425 x 324 mm.)
Sheet: 20⅜ x 15 in. (518 x 381 mm.)

Mourlot 491; Cramer books 68

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Chagall's circus prints are almost all filled with brilliant color or exuberant activity, and stand out among his subjects as being especially joyous and life-affirming. Nevertheless, the artist's experience of the circus was introspective and tinged with melancholy. --Chagall: A Retrospective,Baal-Teshuva