Chagall’s La Poésie (1976): Limitation, Lithograph and Loose-Sheet Format

La Poésie joins Georges Pompidou’s text with an original color lithograph by Marc Chagall. The publication, the illustration and the particular signed copy should each be described precisely.

Identify the publication and edition group

The Breething Books catalog records the Association de Bibliophiles Art et Poésie, 1976, with French text on Vélin d’Arches. Its copy is numbered 109 within a group of 110 numbered copies, from a recorded total edition of 150. The numbered group and the total edition are different figures. Read the full justification before comparing an example from another group.

Locate the signature

The offered copy is cataloged with Chagall’s pencil signature on the justification. This describes where the signature appears; it does not mean the lithograph itself carries a separate pencil signature. When examining another copy, photograph the justification and any marks on the illustration individually. A printed name in the text or wrapper serves a different purpose from an autograph.

The lithograph and the text

The record describes one original color lithograph serving as frontispiece, printed by Atelier Mourlot in Paris. It cites Mourlot 898 and Cramer’s Marc Chagall: The Illustrated Books, no. 100. These are catalog-recorded references for further research, rather than a claim that the bibliographies have been newly checked for this page.

Check the book as an ensemble

The recorded sheets are loose as issued, with printed white wrappers, a gilt-stamped chemise and slipcase. Inspect the frontispiece, text and justification alongside the housing. Record wrapper toning, staining, case wear and any missing element separately. The linked listing supplies the particular copy’s condition and photographs; another example may differ.

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