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[ARTIST’S BOOKS]. CHAGALL, Marc (1887–1985). –– BACHELARD, Gaston (1884–1962). Drawings for the Bible. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1960].
Folio. 24 original color lithographs, 96 reproductions in black and white. Original lithographed boards by Chagall (tiny spots of rubbing at extreme ends, else fine); original unclipped dust jacket by Chagall (chipping along edges).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Chagall 's biblically themed drawings of 1958–1959. His first set of biblical drawings was reproduced in Verve 33/34, and this second suite was first published in Verve 37/38 (double issue). Cramer 42; Mourlot 230–277; Sorlier 75.