Chalastre-Paris. Yiddish language Art Periodical. No. 2

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(CHAGALL, MARC)

printer

Charlastre

Place

Paris

Publication

1924

Description

Cover, title and four illustrations by CHAGALL

references

Not listed in Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution (1987) nor Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934 (2002)

summary

One of Chagal’s last Yiddish works of the period, and one that proves to be a retrospective of his development. Included here are excerpts of Chagal’s autobiography (pp.70-73)

pp. 84. LIghtly browned, trace foxed in places. Original printed wrappers, chipped at edges, fashioned together with orange string. 4to

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