Marc Chagall_Arrivée de Dionysophane, from 'Daphnis et Chloé' lithograph in colours, 1961, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 14/60 (there was also an unsigned book edition of 250 without margins), published by Tériade Éditeur, Paris, printed by Mourlot, Paris, with full margins, pale staining and skinning on both sides, colours slightly attenuated, minor rippling, creasing, staining and soiling, a 0.8cm tear, dent along the edge, with tape staining on the reverse, Image: 42.7×32.2cm Sheet: 54.0×37.8cm, Literature: Mourlot 344/ Cramer Books 46

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