Sheet: 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Framed & behind glass : 53.5 x 43.5 cm.

1 of 6500 copies from the 2nd volume "Images on the Bible", Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris; verso lithograph snake with apple. Corners minimally bumped.

French painter of Russian-Jewish origin. He is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. "The preoccupation with biblical themes had from the beginning as an important prerequisite Chagall's experience in dealing with the Bible at a young age and the observation of a life from the Bible at his father. In addition, in the milieu in which he grew up, the word of the Bible was light and strength for many people in their difficult existence." (Achim Besgen on MC, www.herder.de).

Literature : Gauss (1998), WVZ No. 236, p. 119 and No. 259, p. 123.