Flight Portfolio, 1971

Flight, 1971, edition 214/250 aside from the deluxe edition of 50, The International Rescue Committee, New York, publisher, eleven numbered lithographs, one serigraph in colors, on various papers, title/introduction and numbered justification folders, eleven signed in pencil, Marc Chagall stamped 'Lithograph Originale de Marc Chagall', with full margins, largest sheet 25 3/4 in. x 19 3/4 in., with original blue cloth-covered clam shell portfolio box with gilt text; modern frames, largest 36 x 30 in.Note: Includes:˜Fritz Wotruba, Untitled, Zurich, 1969; Edouard Pignon, Untitled, Paris, 1967; Robert Motherwell, Untitled, New York, 1970; Joan Mir›, Untitled, Paris, 1966; Andr‚ Masson, Untitled, Paris, 1966; Jacques Lipchitz, Untitled, New York, 1969; Adolph Gottlieb, Untitled, New York,1969; Vieira Da Silva, Untitled, Paris, 1968; Marc Chagall, Untitled, Paris, 1968; Alexander Calder, Untitled, Paris, 1971.An excerpt discussing the purposes based in history for this portfolio from the forward by William S. Lieberman states, "In the 1940s the exigencies of war conspired to force friendships between European artists who refugeed in New York, collaborated in portfolios such as the present publication. The two most remarkable were the Brunidor and VVV albums. Today, thirty years later, Chagall, Lam, Masson, Miro and Motherwell once again participate in such an effort. They are joined by other artists who were either also refugees during World War II or beneficiaries of a tradition which remained unbroken largely due to the rescue of a significant segment of the European cultural community."Provenance: Private Collection, Tryon, North Carolina
Condition Report: three floated (Calder, Gottlied, da Silva) others hinged in at top, light toning from sunlight (Motherwell, Miro, Chagall, Lipchitz, Pignon), Motherwell with additional light toning from mat, four not examined out of frames (Wotruba, Berman, Masson and Lam), of the ones examinedfloated the sheets appear to be full.; portfolio with wear, scratches