Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985)
Pls. 33 & 87, from La Fontaine Fables (C. bk. 22), 1952
Etchings on laid paper, each signed in pencil and annotated '32' and '86', respectively, from the signed edition of 100 (there was also an unsigned edition of 200 on Rives paper), published by Maurice Potin, Paris, printed by Imprimerie Nationale de France, Paris, with full margins, each in good condition aside from uneven light- and mat staining, a few specks of foxing in margins, traces of surfaces soiling, Pl. 87 with a tiny nick in lower margin, framed. (2)
each approx. 11 3/4 x 9 3/8in
each sheet 16 1/2 x 13 1/8in