Description
Lithography original. Poster made for the inauguration of a large mosaic by Chagall, The Four Seasons, commissioned for a public place in the city of Chicago.In 1973, Chagall created a monumental mosaic on the theme of the four seasons for National Square in Chicago (United States). It forms a parallelepiped twenty-five meters long, four meters wide and five meters high.Chagall was satisfied with the result he had obtained. But suddenly he realized that it was primarily a poster and that in this first version the colors were too delicate and did not “stick to the wall”. After deciding to start again, he reworked the blackened zinc, erasing some elements that seemed to unnecessarily complicate the composition. He restarted all the color sheets, this time thinking of something more decorative and with infinitely higher chromatic values. The second version was as successful as the first. But Chagall was certainly right to distinguish between a print and a poster. The former is meant to be admired in the tranquility of the collector’s drawing room; the latter should make the walls sing.Once again, Chagall spared no time or effort to produce the best of his art. It should be added that for this work, which took him several weeks, Chagall refused any remuneration.
