Le jugement de Chloé. 1961.
Lithograph in colors.
Mourlot 315. Cramer Livres 46. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 60 copies. On firm wove paper by Arches (with the watermark). 42 x 64 cm (16.5 x 25.1 in). Sheet: 54 x 75,5 cm (21,3 x 29,7 in).
Sheet 8 from the series "Daphnis and Chloé", from the suite next to the book edition. Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, published by Tériade Éditeur, Paris. [KT].
• The series "Daphnis and Chloé" is still the greatest testimony to Chagall's graphic mastery.
• From 1959 to 1961 Marc Chagall illustrates the ancient, bucolic tale of Daphnis and Chloé by Longus for Tériade.
• Particularly delicate, atmospheric depiction, filled with the air and light of Greece.