Derriere le Miroir
1962
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unbound volume with 1 lithographic cover and 1 double-page lithographic illustration
Dimensions
book: 38 x 28.3 x 0.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.83
Art Historical Context
**Derrière le Miroir**, created by Marc Chagall in 1962, is a delicate unbound volume from the renowned French art periodical *Derrière le Miroir*, published by Galerie Maeght. This slim publication (38 x 28.3 x 0.4 cm) features a vibrant lithographic cover and a double-page lithographic illustration, showcasing Chagall's mastery of the medium. As part of The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection at the National Gallery of Art, it exemplifies mid-20th-century artist books that blurred lines between printmaking and fine art. Chagall, the Russian-French modernist (1887–1985), infused his work wi...
About the Artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall, born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887, in Liozna near Vitebsk in the Russian Empire (now Belarus), grew up as the eldest of nine children in a devout Jewish family confined to the Pale of Settlement. His father worked as a herring merchant's porter, while his mother sold groceries from home, instilling in young Chagall a deep connection to Hasidic Judaism and Eastern European folklore a...