L'Artist Phoenix Poster (Artist as Phoenix)

Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) "L'Artist Phoenix Poster," an Original Colored Lithograph Poster by Marc Chagall (1972), Unframed sheet measures 31 x 20 inches. Condition: Slightly torn upper left corner; Slightly wrinkled and discolored in the lower left; Slight discoloration in the lower right; all probably due to the framing the art was in for many years.

The poster was created for a one-man Marc Chagall show at the Galerie Maeght in Paris in the spring/summer of 1972. It was published by Maeght and printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris for the exhibition. The image was originally created by Chagall in the same year and titled, “L’Artist Phoenix” (The Artist as a Phoenix.”) Catalogue Raisonné Reference: Charles Sorlier, les affiches de Marc Chagall, Paris 1975, p. 59 Mourlot (The Posters of Marc Chagall) and Gauss #648