Lot 497
"Ceiling of the Paris Opera" – Marc Chagall – Monte Carlo, 1965 – Original Lithograph
Le Plafond De L'opéra De Paris, Par Marc Chagall [Ceiling of the Paris Opera, by Marc Chagall], Jacques Lassaigne. Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1965. French.
Book describing the stages of Chagall's work on the painting of the ceiling of the Palais Garnier in Paris. With photographs and illustrations incorporated in the text, and color illustration plates. Before the title page is an original lithography by Chagall. Also attached is a large folded print (47.5X61 cm, inserted in a paper pocket on the inner side of the back binding) in which the illustration of the opera ceiling is seen in its entirety.
33.5 cm. Good condition. First leaves and some other leaves are detached (including the original lithograph). Foxing throughout the book, particularly to last leaves and the folded print.
