Marc Chagall Jean de La Fontaine Les Fables

Title

en_US Marc Chagall Jean de La Fontaine Les Fables

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Boxed set of two volumes

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Chagall, Marc

Date

2022-10-13T19:19:19Z

2019-08

en_US 2019

Date Available

2022-10-13T19:19:19Z

Date Issued

en_US 2019

Abstract

en_US The special gift of this larger of the two volumes, containing the illustrations of 64 fables, is that it mixes the three variations of Chagall illustrations: the gouaches first displayed and sold in 1930, the black-and-white etchings first done in the 20's but only published in 1952, and some of those that were hand-colored by Chagall. Many of them are, like FG on the cover and on 90, the gouaches made in preparation for his etchings. The New Press edition of the 43 of the gouaches in 1995 is as complete a set of those as one could hope for now. As I suggest, they are the backbone of this longer of the two volumes. The black-and-white etchings, a copy of which we have in the collection, are the least represented here. I find only two examples: "The Lion and the Mosquito" (36) and "The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat" (85). In both of those cases, we are also shown the gouaches for comparison and contrast. I find the hand-colored etchings among the most interesting here, especially in comparison with their corresponding gouaches. Good examples are UP (49 and 50); "The Lion in Love" (102 and 105); "The Miser Who Lost His Treasure" (123 and 125); and 2P (135 and 136). This volume contains nothing but La Fontaine's fable texts and Chagall's art. There is a T of C of fables at the end.

Identifier

en_US 12447 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/137784

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions Hazan

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US N6999.C46F33 2019 See all items with this value

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value