The Ceiling of the Paris Opera: Sketches, Drawings and Paintings

Jacques Lassaigne; Branda Gilchrist (tr)

Published by Frederick A. Praeger, 1966
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Contains one original lithograph and a six other lithos. A folded sketch and painting of the ceiling in a pocket inside the back cover. Gift inscription on fron flyleaf. Dust jacket sunned along top edge. Seller Inventory # 103705

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Title: The Ceiling of the Paris Opera: Sketches, ...
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
Edition: 1st Edition

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Published by Praeger, 1966
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Seller: LELLI, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1670193213833

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Lassaigne, Jacques
Published by Praeger, 1966
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Seller: PSBooks, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

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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". Seller Inventory # 002686

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Chagall, Marc; Jacques Lassaigne; Translated by Brenda Gilchrist
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. [, 1966
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Seller: Reiner Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ] Hardback, folio, appx 9 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (25x33.5 cm), Near Fine in Near Fine dj (dj full color front panel, spine titled black on white) and VG+ clear acetate wrapper (acetate wrapper white titling front panel). Book itself tiny corner bump lower corner front cover and tiny bump top corner back cover otherwise book sound, clean & without fault + includes the original color litho frontispiece. DJ very clean with only very minor bit of corner wear (about entirely insignificant). Acetate wrapper about flawless, clean, white titling distinct, lower corner back panel one tiny corner split of appx 3/16ths inch. Pocket affixed inside back cover containing folded Final Study which remains in Fine condition. Book's dustjacket and acetate wrapper (together) are now in single, clear, removable protective glassine mylar. RWR5 Art Painting Architecture. Seller Inventory # 06871

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Chagall, Marc; Jacques Lassaigne; Izis Bidermanas; Jean Dubout
Published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1966
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Seller: A&D Books, South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.

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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. Seller Inventory # 17971

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CHAGALL, Marc; LASSAIGNE, Jacques.
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Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. folio. pp. 85, [5]. 1 original colour lithograph, 6 colour lithographs after Chagall, numerous other colour & b/w illus, & 1 large double-sided folding plate ('The final study for.') loosely inserted in back pocket (1 side colour). cloth. dw. First Edition of the English Translation. Seller Inventory # ABE-348084238

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