Marc Chagall
Moise Reçoit les Tables de la Loi
Marc Chagall
Russian-French, 1889 - 1985
1931-1939
Etching and Aquatint with Hand Coloring
11 x 8 3/4 in. (27.9 x 22.2 cm)
Signed and Numbered Ed. 72/100. From Chagall's landmark Bible series, this composition depicts Moses receiving the tablets of the law — clutching the inscribed stone to his chest in a moment of overwhelming spiritual weight. Chagall renders the figure with monumental simplicity, the Hebrew text on the tablets legible and reverential. Spare touches of yellow and green animate an otherwise somber, deeply felt image. Like its companion piece La Vision d'Ezechiel, this is a signed and numbered impression from the same edition of 100 — making the two a natural and meaningful pair for any collector drawn to Chagall's biblical vision.
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