CHAGALL (Marc). La Bible. Extraits de la Genèse à Ezéchiel, - Lot 161

CHAGALL (Marc). La Bible. Extraits de la Genèse à Ezéchiel, conformes au texte établi par les Pasteurs et Professeurs de Genève en 1638. Paris, Tériade, 1956. Two folio volumes (440 x 330 mm) in sheets, each in filled Arches covers, gold-printed folder on spine, slipcase and publisher's emb. EDITION TOTALE A 295 EXEMPLAIRES, this one no. 265, 1 of 275 numbered on Montval, signed by the artist on the colophon. Illustrated with 105 original black hors-texte etchings by Marc Chagall. Attached are 3 receipts, signed by Chagall, attesting to the transfer of reproduction and publishing rights for 17 plates of the work to Vollard, dated 1932. On his return from a trip to Egypt, Syria and Palestine, Chagall devoted himself entirely to illustrating the Bible for a publication commissioned by Vollard. The artist worked on this until 1939, when Vollard's death and the outbreak of war interrupted the project. After the war, the project was taken over by Tériade, who published one of the most important artist's books of the 20th century. Monod 1532; Rauch 148; Cramer, Livres 29; Garvey, The Artist and the Book 53.