Poster Marc Chagall - The Bay of Angels, 1962 - 50x70cm
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Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
The Bay of Angels, 1962
Lithography. H. 99 ; W. 62 cm
Private collection
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© Adagp, Paris, 2023 © Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2023.
In the early 1960s, Mayor Jean Médecin asked Chagall to create a poster for the city. Chagall depicted the Bay of Angels, bathed in azure...
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Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
The Bay of Angels, 1962
Lithography. H. 99 ; W. 62 cm
Private collection
© Photo DR
© Adagp, Paris, 2023 © Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2023.
In the early 1960s, Mayor Jean Médecin asked Chagall to create a poster for the city. Chagall depicted the Bay of Angels, bathed in azure light. Above the city, a graceful mermaid holding a flamboyant bouquet of flowers stands guard like a tutelary goddess. Below the image are a few handwritten words: "Nice Soleil Fleurs" accompanied by the artist's signature. Published in 1962 by the Commissariat Général du Tourisme, the poster, "the most beautiful visiting card that Nice could wish for", according to Jean Médecin, was distributed in foreign countries to promote Nice and the Côte d'Azur.
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