Original color lithographs by Marc Chagall for four tales from the Arabian nights
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 1949
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Illustrations; Arabian nights
Notes: Illustrated t.-p.

'Marc Chagall's twelve original color lighographs for four tales from the "Arabian nights" have been printed by Albert Carman, City Island, New York, in collaboration with the artist. The black and white drawings have been printed by the Meriden gravure company, Meriden, Connecticut. Of Chagall's lithographs, which will be sold by the publishers as a complete set only, one hundred and eleven sets have been printed. Each plate has been signed by the artist. Ninety copies are numbered from 1 to 90. Ten copies, in a special edition, are numbered in roman numerals from I to X; they include a thirteenth lithograph as well as the progressive proofs of all thirteen plates. Of this special edition, eleven additional copies, marked A to K, have been printed as dedication copies and are not for sale. Designed by Jacques Schiffrin.'