Etching on vélin Johannot d’Arches paper. Paper size: 15.25 x 11.5 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Paroles peintes I, 1962. Published by Éditions O. Lazar-Vernet, Paris, under the direction of Odette Lazar-Vernet, Paris; printed by Maitres Imprimeurs, en Taille-Douce Capelle-Lacouriere, Leblanc-Robbe-Visat, Paris, December 5, 1962. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), Printing completed, December 5, 1962 on the presses of the Maitres Imprimeurs, en Taille-Douce Capelle-Lacouriere Leblanc-Robbe-Visat for engravings, and for typography, on the presses of the Maitre Imprimeur, Theo Schmied; Jacques David, providing the layout for this portfolio with fourteen original etchings and fourteen unpublished poems, two hundred examples were drawn of which, 1 example on papier japon nacré, bearing the number 1, accompanied by a suite on papier japon of etchings signed by the artists, a second deuxième suite of 13 etchings from engraved, striped and inked coppers; 14 examples on papier japon nacré, numbered from 2 to 15, accompanied by a suite of the 14 etchings on papier japon signed by the artists, a second suite of 13 deuxième etchings; 35 examples on papier Auvergne by hand, numbered from 16 to 50, accompanied by a suite of the 14 etchings on Richard-de-Bas, signed by the artists; 150 examples on papier Johannot, numbered from 51 to 200. In addition, it was shot on Johannot 28 non-trade nominative examples, marked H.C. From 1 to 28; 5 examples numbered for employees from I to V; and, in large format, 25 examples of all engravings numbered from I to XXV reserved for the artists. MARC CHAGALL (1897-1985) Russian-Jewish painter is recognized as one of the most significant painters and graphic artists of his time. Chagall painted in a style all his own, combining elements of Expressionism, Symbolism, Cubism and, to a lesser degree, other Modernist art movements. His works combine recollection with folklore and fantasy. A prolific and multi-faceted artist, Chagall left behind him thousands of works in many different techniques and media that have established him as one of the foremost artists of the 20th Century.