Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Petrushka (Dead Souls), 1948

Original engraving
Signed in the plate
On pearlescent Japanese paper 28 x 38.5 cm
Edition of 50 unnumbered copies on this paper

REFERENCE: Catalogue raisonné Marc Chagall and Ambroise Vollard, #6
Marc Chagall began engraving the copperplates illustrating Nicolas Gogol's "Dead Souls" in 1923. The print run was completed on the presses of the Imprimerie Nationale de France in 1948.

Excellent condition