Aus: Der Zirkus. 1967.
Lithograph in colors.
Mourlot 527. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 24 copies. On wove paper by Arches (with truncated watermark). 52.2 x 38.2 cm (20.5 x 15 in), almost the full sheet.
Sheet 38 from the series "Der Zirkus". Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Tériade Éditeur, Paris, 1967. [SL].
• The circus is a main theme in Chagall's oeuvre.
• With the series "Der Zirkus" the artist fulfilled a wish of the art trader Ambroise Vollard.
• The year this work was made two grand retrospectives in Cologne and Zürich honored the artist on occasion of his 80th birthday.
• Chagall's works are on display at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, or the Art Institute of Chicago.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

"My circus plays in heaven. It plays in the clouds, between the chairs, where the moon is reflected." (Marc Chagall)

In good condition. Paper slightly discolored. Left margin truncated. Verso with mounting remains that minimally push through to recto,.