Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1964
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Decorative cloth boards, 775 pages, illustrations (part mounted colour), portraits, facsimiles; 31 cm. Translated from the German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners (including text block lightly bumped/top right). Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "More than 1,250 Illustrations, Including 55 Tipped-in Colorplates." A lavish monograph on the Russian artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985), known for his evocative, imaginative paintings. A participant in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, he became disaffected and left for Paris in 1923. During World War II, he found refuge in America. His imaginative, colourful style draws upon Russian folk art and Judaica, as well as Fauvism and Cubism. Size: 4to. Collectible.