Fables
Book
1927 (commissioned), 1952 (published)
1927 (commissioned), 1952 (published)
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Issued unbound in a paper chemise with etchings inserted as individual plates.
Object details
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| Title | Fables (published title) |
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| Brief description | Book, Vol.1 of 'Fables' by Jean de La Fontaine, with original etchings by Marc Chagall, executed between 1927 and 1930 |
| Physical description | Issued unbound in a paper chemise with etchings inserted as individual plates. |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 112 |
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| Object history | Previously owned by Valentin Vigneson |
| Production | Ambroise Vollard commissioned the suite of illustrations in 1927. Chagall had completed all the plates by 1930 and they were proofed by Maurice Potin, but Vollard never published them and they were still among his stock at the time of his death in 1939. They were rescued by Tériade who had them printed at the Imprimerie Nationale, under Raymond Blanchot, and published in 1952. |
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| Library number | L.161:1-1984 |
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| Record created | June 2, 2021 |
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