294 - Marc Chagall. Poèmes. Original woodcuts. Geneva, Cramer 1968. With 24 color woodcuts, three of which are collages. Loose double sheets in original cover, half-parchment slipcase, and slipcase.

Marc Chagall. Poèmes. Original woodcuts. Geneva, Cramer 1968. With 24 color woodcuts, three of which are collages. Loose double sheets in original cover, half-parchment slipcase, and slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 3:46 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 200 copies (total edition of 238). - Signed by the artist in the printer’s mark. - In 1958, Chagall told the Geneva publisher Gérald Cramer about the poems he had been writing since his youth. Cramer suggested that he illustrate a selection of these poems with woodcuts; Chagall had last produced a few small-format woodcuts in Berlin in 1922–23. He began preparations in 1962. Of the 30 published poems, Chagall illustrated 24. The texts, written in Russian and Yiddish, were first translated word for word and then reworked into poetic form by Philippe Jaccottet. The poems deal with Chagall’s Russian homeland, his birthplace of Vitebsk, and his family; the war and Jewish life; as well as love, painting, and loneliness. Cramer 74. - Monod 2501 37.0 × 28.5 cm. 126 pages. - Slipcase and chemise cover slightly foxed. - One page browned due to transfer from the opposite page. English description: Includes 24 color woodcuts, three of which are collages. Loose double sheets in their original wrapper, together in an original half-parchment chemise and slipcase. One of 200 copies (total print run of 238). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - In 1958, Chagall told the Geneva publisher Gérald Cramer about the poems he had been writing since his youth. Cramer suggested illustrating a selection of these poems with woodcuts; Chagall had last produced a few small-format black-and-white woodcuts in Berlin in 1922–23—he began preparations in 1962. Of the 30 published poems, Chagall illustrated 24 (cited from galerie-boisseree.de). At the same time, the texts—written in Russian and Yiddish—were first translated word-for-word by Moshé Lazar and then reworked into poetic form by Philippe Jaccottet. The poems deal with the Russian world, Chagall’s hometown of Vitebsk and his family, the war, and Jewish life, as well as love, painting, and loneliness. Slight foxing on the slipcase and chemise cover. - One page is discolored due to offset from the opposite page.