First English-language edition, first printing. Pristine as new, cloth bound hardcover in a original dust jacket. Marc Chagall: The Ceiling of the Paris Opera; Sketches, Drawings, and Paintings, Jacques
Lassaigne Published by Frederick A. Praeger Publishers 1966. 90pgs. Burgundy cloth with scene on front panel. Embossed black lettering on the spine. Original Lithograph frontispiece present. as well as six
lithographs. Drawings throughout. The lithographs are in excellent condition. "Final Study" foldout in rear pocket. In a clear acetate sleeve with author and title in white lettering. André Malraux, France's
Minister of Culture wanted something unique for the Ceiling of the Paris Opera and decided Chagall would be the ideal artist. The images Chagall painted on the canvas paid tribute to the composers Mozart, Wagner,
Mussorgsky, Berlioz and Ravel, as well as to famous actors and dancers. After the new ceiling was unveiled, "even the bitterest opponents of the commission seemed to fall silent". This book exemplifies the wonderful