Marc Chagall - The Tribe of Benjamin - Original Lithograph US$26,500

The Tribe of Benjamin | Lithograph on Arches | 29" x 20.6" | #50/150

Created in 1964, this image is one in a series of twelve lithographs. Commissioned by the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center, Chagall created these works as maquettes for a series of stained glass windows to be installed in the Center's synagogue outside of Jerusalem. The work was engraved by Charles Sorlier, who worked in close collaboration with the artist and is printed on watermarked Arches wove paper. This piece is numbered from the edition of 150 in the lower left (total edition of 150 proofs signed and numbered in Arabic numerals, 75 proofs signed and numbered in Roman numerals, and 10 artist's proofs). This work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887- Saint-Paul, 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin and signed in the stone, 'CH. SORLIER. GRAV. LITH.' at the lower left of the image.

Marc Chagall The Tribe of Benjamin (From Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass), 1964 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts.

1. Leymarie, Jean. Marc Chagall: The Jerusalem Windows. New York: Park Lane, 1988. Listed and illustrated on pp. 161-71.

2. Sorlier, Charles. Chagall Lithographs, 1974-79. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1984. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. CS 23

Framed to museum-grade conservation standards utilizing the finest materials.