Item
Marc Chagall Fables: 4 October - 30 November 2016
- Title
- en_US Marc Chagall Fables: 4 October - 30 November 2016
- Contributor
- en_US Chagall, Marc
- en_US Butterwick, James
- Date
- 2022-11-07T16:12:34Z
- 2022-06
- en_US 2016
- Date Available
- 2022-11-07T16:12:34Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2016
- Abstract
- en_US This lovely large-format (9½" x 11") book is a disappointment. I am such a fan of Marc Chagall and have been even more enthused about him since we acquired a full set of his 1952 La Fontaine illustrations. "Oh, boy!" I thought. "Here someone did an exhibit of his work on fables!" It turns out that there is not a single fable illustration in this 66-page booklet. James Butterwick's introduction starts by mentioning Chagall's "La Fontaine" and then describes Chagall's whole oeuvre as like a fable. Butterwick rightly emphasizes story, love, optimism, and a childlike attitude as central in Chagall's works. The booklet presents a lovely rhythm of full works and select details. So here is at last a member of the collection that does not present a fable!
- Identifier
- en_US 13011 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Alan Zakaim Fine Art
- en_US London
- Subject
- tangential See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books