Illustrations for the Bible by Marc Chagall 1956

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Author: Chagall, Marc

Title: Illustrations for the Bible

Place Published: New York

Publisher:Harcourt, Brace and Company

Date Published: [1956]

Description:
Text by Jean Wahl. Appreciation by Meyer Schapiro. Illustrated throughout by Chagall, including 16 original color lithographs and 12 in black. (Folio) 35.5x26.5 cm (14x10½"), original lithographed boards. First U.S. Edition.

Chagall's masterful interpretation of the Old Testament. The French edition of the book constituted a double number (33-34) of Verve; this American edition, published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., was produced in France, with the heliogravures printed by Draeger Freres, and the lithographs, both color and black, printed by Mourlot Freres.