Marc Chagall Ceiling Paris Opera by Lassaigne Jacques (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very Good condition Hardcover red boards with black lettering on the spine and illustrated cover. The exception to the condition is a cracked spine and ffep loose for 5 1/4 inches, otherwise binding is intact. Includes numerous color and b/w illustrations with an oversize dense fold-out poster; brightly colored on one side & black and white on opposite. The poster is slipped in a corner sleeve on rear paste down. The DJ is in Fine condition in publisher's original protective mylar cover. Ephemera is laid-in from a major exhibition of Marc Chagall in Beverly Hills, CA. Featuring original paintings, rare original lithographs, rare lithographic posters and rare books; which is where this book was purchased including the original receipt for $370 dated 6/8/83. The ephemera is sealed in an archival bag. Oversized folio shipping in USA only, sorry no international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Marc Chagall (illustrator). First Edition. 90pgs. Burgundy cloth with scene on front panel. Embossed black lettering on the spine. Original Lithograph frontispiece present. as well as six lithographs. Drawings throughout. Thin horizontal streak across the lower front panel, light toning to the endpapers, otherwise fine. The lithographs are in excellent condition. "Final Study" foldout in rear pocket. Unclipped pictorial jacket has minor closed tear, light toning at extremities of the rear panel. In a clear acetate sleeve with author and title in white lettering. André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture wanted something unique for the Ceiling of the Paris Opera and decided Chagall would be the ideal artist. The images Chagall painted on the canvas paid tribute to the composers Mozart, Wagner, Mussorgsky, Berlioz and Ravel, as well as to famous actors and dancers. After the new ceiling was unveiled, "even the bitterest opponents of the commission seemed to fall silent". This book exemplifies the wonderful color and imagery that Chagall can offer. Size: Small Folio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Foldout in rear pocketOriginal Lithograph frontispiece present. as well as six lithographs. D/w rubbed upper spine, wear to corners.Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translation by Brenda Gilchrist. Well-preserved copy, red cloth with black stamped illustration on front, illustrated DJ, and encased in original mylar with printed title. Six original color lithographs as well as additional illustrations. "Final Study" inside flap of back cover. Free endpapers have small marks from old tape, one small penciled price, no other marks. 10x13".

Hardcover. First English-language edition, first printing. Fine, virtually as new, cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket with a tiny spot of soiling at the spine ends in the publisher's printed acetate dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear, wrinkling and slightly shrunk. A very nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. In 1963, Marc Chagall was commissioned to paint the new ceiling for the Paris Opera, a majestic 19th-century building and national monument. This volume traces--step by step--Chagall's thinking, from early sketches to finished masterpiece, with sketches, studies, paintings, photographs of the artist at work, and photographs of the final canvas in situ. Includes the original color lithograph frontis as well as the 19- x 24-inch two-sided poster, folded as issued, laid in to a pocket attached to the rear paste down. Text by Jacques Lassaigne; b&w photographs by Izis Bidermanas; color photographs by Jean Dubout. 90 pages; 1 original color lithograph + 6 color lithographs after Chagall + color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.75 x 13.25 inches.

First American Edition. Large hardcover in jacket with original acetate outer jacket, very good with light wear only. With original lithograph frontispiece by Chagall. Illustrated, including folding illustration in rear pocket.