Descripción
Lithograph 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 the National Square in Chicago (United States). It forms a parallelepiped twenty-five meters long, four meters wide and five meters high.The painter created and engraved a poster for the inauguration of this work. This lithograph gives a very precise idea of how the artist perfected his work. After having completed the black composition on zinc, Chagall engraved the colours of a first version. It took several days of work to complete the proofs. It took several days of work to complete the proofs. Chagall was satisfied with the result he had obtained. But he suddenly realized that it was above all a poster and that in this first version the colors were too delicate and did not “stick to the wall”. Having decided to start over, he reworked the blackened zinc, erasing some of the He restarted all the color plates, this time thinking of something more decorative and with infinitely higher chromatic values. The second version was as successful as the first. 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px”>But Chagall was certainly right in distinguishing between an engraving and a poster. The former is meant to be admired in the quiet of the collector’s living room; The latter is meant to make the walls sing.Once again, Chagall spared no time and effort in producing the best of his art. It should be added that for this work, which took several weeks, Chagall refused any remuneration.
