Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

12 Bénédiction de Jacob (250000.–) Tempera, gouache, coloured inks and pencil on masonite circa 1979 40.4×65 cm Signed by the artist “Marc Chagall”, lower right, inscribed and signed “ TEMPÉRA / Marc Chagall”, on the back Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022056) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 Fresh in colours and in immaculate overall condition Tériade, the publisher of the influential art magazine Verve, invited the most important artists of his time to publish works with him. In 1956 and 1960 respectively, Chagall published a volume with illustrations of the Bible. They contain original lithographs, interpretative prints and pure reproductions by the artist The blessing of Jacob represented here is about the blessings of the dying progenitor Jacob for the future twelve tribes of Israel. It is interesting how Chagall used the brush handle to scratch graphic elements into the composition La bénédiction de Jacob, 1979, colour lithograph, Mourlot 943 ▲ Under the waves swim the prophets /Moses lights up from afar Marc Chagall, from the poem Sur le pays neuf, 1955–1960 * Sous les vagues nagent les Prophètes Moïse de loin s’éclaire