Marc Chagall
by Venturi, Lionello
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pierre Matisse Editions, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 123pp. Limited edition 412/1500. Blue paper-covered boards with flaps in original matching dust jacket, both with white lettering on cover. Tipped in color frontispiece. Six chapters describe Chagall's life, including An Approach to Chagall, Origins - 1887-1909, The Shock of Paris - 1910-1914, The Return to the Native Land, Paris and Love - 1923-1930, and finally Meditations, Dreams and Nightmares. Profusely illustrated with 64 full page reproductions in collotype of some of Chagall's most significant paintings, 24 b&w in-text reproductions of drawings, as well as two tipped-in color plates (including frontispiece). 1/4" x 1/2" label with typed letters 'MARC CHAGALL' pasted to spine of dj. Slight chipping to head and tail of spine, Minor age wear on binding. Chipping to head of spine and corners of dj. Minor creasing and few closed tears on dj. Dj and binding in good, interior in very good condition. Scarce in dj.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21788
- Title
- Marc Chagall
- Author
- Venturi, Lionello
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Pierre Matisse Editions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- expressionist, europe, art, paint, jewish, 20th century, twentieth century, 19th century, nineteenth century, cubism, symbolism, fauvism, surrealism, folk, stained glass, nazi, jew, jews
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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