Athene and Telemachus

Athene and Telemachus is an original Marc Chagall color lithograph from Volume II of The Odyssea. This lithograph was published by Mourlot, Paris, 1975. This lovely work measures 12-3/4" x 16-3/4". Reference Book: Cramer, Number 96.

Value: $4,000

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The Odyssea is a two volume work. The first volume was completed on the 5th of December 1974. The second was completed on the 20th of June 1975. The text was translated by Darcier, and revised and compiled Emile Ripert. The typescript was created and engraved by Claude Garamount. Now the exclusive property of the Imprimerie Nationale, this work was printed on state presses. Chagall's lithographs for The Odyssea were run off the presses of the Mourlot workshop in Paris, 1975. Two hundred and fifty copies were printed and numbered 1-250. Twenty copies were numbered in Roman Numerals and reserved for the Chagall and his collaborators. The printing was carried out on large Arches wove paper. Every copy was signed by the Chagall on the limitation notice page figuring at the beginning of the first volume. None of the proofs in the first book were signed. In addition, 30 numbered signed proofs on Japan nacreous paper with wide margins were printed of all the colored plates and reserved for the artist and publisher, Ferdinand Mourlot. Due to a printing error, the proofs numbered 24 to 30 of the plate Ulysses and Penelope (823) were run off on Arches wove paper instead of Japan nacreous paper.