Then the Boy Displayed to the Dervish. Plate 1 from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights
Artist
Marc Chagall
(Russian, active in France, 1887 - 1985)
Date1948
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/4 x 11 1/8in. (37.5 x 28.3cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number52.42
Description'Then the boy displayed to the Dervish his bosom, saying 'look at my breasts which be goodlier than the breasts of maidens and my lipdews are sweeter than sugar candy.'' (Plate 1)On View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightPresumed copyright: the artist or the artist's representative/heir(s) / Licensing by ARS, New York, NY
Label TextThese are some of the prints Chagall made to illustrate the famous collection of Middle Eastern folk tales know as A Thousand and One Nights. The text, with its exotic stories of love, fate, destiny, and death, stirred Chagall's romantic imagination and provided a fertile outlet for his formidable skills as a colorist. Each print is based on a particular passage of the narrative, but all the images embody Chagall's highly personalized visionary response to the narrative.
PDS
May 2012
