"Mark Zakharovich Shagal was born in the town of Vitebsk in White Russia in 1887. The oldest child in a large, penniless family, he grew up in a very devout Jewish environment. The security he experienced in his youth (that is the love, the warmth, the joy of festivities) would form the foundation for Chagall's entire life, and is a constant in his work. France became his second home, which he left only when World War II forced him to flee to America. Upon his return, Chagall met a young man at the famous Parisian printer Mourlot who was able to do all kinds of things with the lithographic technique: Charles Sorlier the head of lithography department. Artists such as Miro, Léger, Picasso and Matisse brought their lithographic stones here to have them printed. It was Sorlier who kept urging Chagall to produce color lithographs. He would be friends and closely work with Chagall until Chagall's death." (Wuyt Art)

Lithographs from the "Affiches Originales" series. Printed by Mourlot Freres in Paris, 1959.