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ARTIST: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
TITLE: Sarah and the Angels
YEAR: c. 1960
MEDIUM: Original Color Lithograph
IMAGE SIZE: 10 7/16” X 13 15/16”
SIGNATURE: Unsigned impression
EDITION: The double number of VERVE contains the drawings made by Chagall in 1958 and 1959 on Biblical themes reproduced in Verve 33/34. The original book is comprised of 96 reproductions in black and white and 24 lithographs in color, as well as a cover specially designed for this volume. The heliogravure in black and white by the master printers Draeger Freres and the lithography in color by Mourlot Freres. Produced in Paris under the direction of Teriade of Verve. This American edition is published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. The printing was completed the 29th of July, 1960. M240
DISCUSSION: This lithograph based on the account at Genesis 18:9-14 “They now said to him: “Where is Sarah your wife?” To this he said: “Here in the tent!” So he continued: “I am surely going to return to you next year at this time, and, look! Sarah your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance, and it was behind the man. And Abraham and Sarah were old, being advanced in years. Sarah had stopped having menstruation. Hence Sarah began to laugh inside herself, saying: “After I am worn out, shall I really have pleasure, my lord being old besides?”” Then God said to Abraham: “Why was it that Sarah laughed, saying, ‘Shall I really and truly give birth although I have become old?’ Is anything too extraordinary for God? At the appointed time I shall return to you, next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”
CONDITION: Excellent
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