Marc Chagall 

"L'Echo" (The Echo)

Daphnis and Chloé

This art is:

• NEW

• Hand Signed Book Plate

• COA is provided on the back of the piece

• CUSTOM FRAMED in contemporary gold wood frame

• Hand Wrapped Black linen mat with gold fillet.

• Metallic artist nameplate affixed to the mat.

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• Series: Daphnis and Chloé-The Greek Inspiration-In 1952 and 1954, the legendary French publisher Tériade commissioned Chagall to create a suite illustrating the ancient romance Daphnis and Chloé by the 2nd-century Greek writer Longus. Chagall traveled to Greece for inspiration. The profound light, rolling landscapes, and brilliant blue of the Aegean Sea deeply transformed his artistic palette.

• Framed Size:  31" x 25"

• Ready to hang hardware included

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The scene depicted in "L'Echo" (The Echo) illustrates a dramatic myth from the ancient Greek romance Daphnis and Chloé by Longus, focusing on the nymph Echo and the god Pan.

The Story Behind the Scene

• The Myth of Echo. In the story told by Daphnis to Chloé, Echo was a mortal nymph gifted in music and dance who rejected the advances of all men, including the shepherd god Pan.

• Pan's Curse. Jealous of her musical talent and angered by her rejection, Pan drove local shepherds into a frenzy, causing them to tear Echo apart and scatter her remains across the earth.

• The Earth's Gift. The Earth goddess (Gaia) hid Echo's limbs and preserved her voice, allowing her to continue mimicking every sound, including Pan's own pipes, so that he would forever hear her without ever finding her.

Marc Chagall BiographyMarc Chagall was a French-Russian artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in the painting I and the Village (1911). “When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it—a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand as a final test,” he said. “If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.” Born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus) to a Hasidic Jewish family, the artist was raised immersed in Jewish culture and iconography. Studying under the artist Yehuda Pen as a youth, the Judaic traditions and folklore of his hometown permeated Chagall’s paintings. After studying in St. Petersburg, the artist moved to Paris in 1910, where he quickly befriended members of the French avant-garde, including Robert Delaunay and Fernand Léger. Visiting Russia in 1914, the artist was prevented from returning to Paris due to the outbreak of World War I until 1926. In addition to his paintings, Chagall was also noted for his vibrant works in stained glass and lithography. Forced to flee Paris during World War II, Chagall lived in the United States and traveled through to Israel before returning to France in 1948. The artist died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France on March 28, 1985. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Albertina in Vienna, among other