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"King David (pink)" by Marc Chagall, Unsigned Lithograph printed in 1974. The overall size of the Lithograph is 11.5 x 8.25 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A: Mint. Here is some supplemental information about the Lithograph: Lithograph printed on Japon paper, not signed and not numbered. The lithograph is cataloged number 721 in "Chagall-The Lithographs" by D.A.P.
Due to the deeply religious nature of some of Chagall's work, it could be assumed that the king with the harp depicted here is a representation of King David of the Old Testament. King David was attributed with the creation of many of the psalms contained within the book of psalms. Seventy-three of the 150 psalms in the Bible are attributed to King David, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls (11QPsa) attributes 3600 tehilim (songs of praise) plus other compositions to him. Nevertheless, there is no hard evidence for Davidic authorship of any of them.
The psalms use the poetic device of parallelism which develops an idea by… Read More

"King David (blue)" by Marc Chagall, Unsigned Lithograph printed in 1974. The overall size of the Lithograph is 11.5 x 8.25 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A: Mint. Here is some supplemental information about the Lithograph: Lithograph printed on Japon, not signed and not numbered. The lithograph is cataloged number 719 in "Chagall-The Lithographs" by D.A.P.
Printed on Japon paper, very rare.

Due to the deeply religious nature of some of Chagall's work, it could be assumed that the king with the harp depicted here is a representation of King David of the Old Testament. King David was attributed with the creation of many of the psalms contained within the book of psalms. Seventy-three of the 150 psalms in the Bible are attributed to King David, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls (11QPsa) attributes 3600 tehilim (songs of praise) plus other compositions to him. Nevertheless, there is no hard evidence for Davidic authorship of any of them.
The psalms use the poetic device of… Read More

"Kunsthalle Bern" by Marc Chagall, Unsigned Lithograph printed in 1959. The overall size of the Lithograph is 12.5 x 9.25 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Here is some supplemental information about the Lithograph: Exhibition poster for Chagall at Kunstalle Bern, 1957. Printed by Mourlot for 'Art in Posters" by Sauret (1959) after the original poster, number 25.