Marc Chagall, (1887-1985)

6 etchings, from La Fables de la Fontaine (6 works)

6 etchings, from La Fables de la Fontaine (6 works) (V. 130, 140; C. bk. 22), 1927/1952
6 etchings with drypoint on Montval paper, signed in pencil, each from the total edition of 200, each annotated with respective plate numbers, each with full margins.
Titles include:Le Corbeau voulant imiter l'Aigle, pl.23; Testament explique par Esope, pl.27; Le Cygne et le Cuisinier, pl.36; Le Satyre et le Passant, pl.57; Le Chartier Embourbé, pl.70; Le Berger et son Troupeau, pl.92 (6 works)
each 11 5/8 x 10 1/2in (29.5 x 26.6cm)
each sheet 16 5/8 x 13 3/8in (42.2 x 33.9cm)

Marc Chagall was commissioned by Ambroise Vollard to illustrate La Fontaine's Fables in 1926. Chagall created the illustrations in the years from 1927, the edition was printed by Maurice Potin, but not published until 1952 by Tériade in Paris.