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Title
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Marc Chagall Jean de La Fontaine Les Fables
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Description
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Language note: French
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Boxed set of two volumes
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Creator
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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Contributor
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Chagall, Marc
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Date
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2022-10-13T19:19:19Z
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2019-08
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2019
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Date Available
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2022-10-13T19:19:19Z
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Date Issued
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2019
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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12447 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Éditions Hazan
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Paris
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Subject
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N6999.C46F33 2019
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Jean de La Fontaine