Marc Chagall (1887 -1985), Illustration for "La Fontaine's Tale" (Le Boucheron et Mercure), 1952

hand-colored etching, paper; 34.5 x 29 cm in st. p-p. (sheet);
signed from plate at bottom in composition: "Chagall";
On the reverse:
- Italian inscription p. d.: "Marc Chagall per le Favole di La Fontaine / Es. 14 delle 85 acqueforti colorate a / mano dall'autore - Cat 227/52" (in pencil);
- gallery stamp p. d. (illegible);
- inscriptions p. d.: "D/1249" and "B...[?]" (in pen);
piece: 14/85

Provenance:
Private collection, Italy

Literature:
Cramer P., "Marc Chagall. Cataloque Raisonné," Geneva 1995, p. 73 (color ill.).