Artist: Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Title: Le Cirque, 1968
Medium: Original Lithograph, Limited Edition of 2000
Dimensions: 28.75 x 20 in, 73 x 50.8 cm

This original lithograph created for an exhibition of the work of Marc Chagall hosted at the Musée d'Art Moderne of Ceret, France, in 1968. It was reproduced by Mourlot Master Printer Charles Sorlier, supervised by Marc Chagall. This vibrant work features a circus scene, one of the artist's most recurring themes. Chagall always drew inspiration from the circus throughout his life. As a child in Russia, he had been fascinated by the travelling acrobats he saw at village fairs. After he moved to Paris legendary French art dealer, Ambroise Vollard, regularly accompanied him to the circus, where he would sit in the audience and sketch.

Galerie Filali is pleased to collaborate with our personal friend Galerie Mourlot, New York, to present a collection of rare lithographs from legendary Parisian printing house Atelier Mourlot. Founded in Paris in 1852, Atelier Mourlot has been synonymous with fine art lithography for over 150 years. From 1930, under the direction of the founder’s grandson, Fernand Mourlot, leading artists were invited to the studio to collaborate on traditional limestone lithography. For painters like Chagall, the medium provided an exciting new form of expression.

Each individual work of art comes with a Certificate of Provenance, signed, dated, stamped, and numbered by Eric Mourlot. Stored in a clear protective sleeve accompanying your piece, this Certificate of Provenance is recognized by all the major auction houses should you care to resell at any point. This ensures the validity of its origin and its being in the Mourlot archives since its production.