Marc Chagall 1966 Die Zauberflote Mourlot poster Mozart

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Beautiful 1967 original lithograph poster for Mozart's The Magic Flute by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Lithograph on paper measures 39 x 25.25 inches. Published by Mourlot, France. This is from the original edition, not a repro or later printing. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration. Will be shipped unframed as glass in cracked lower left as seen in photo (no damage to print). Marc Chagall 1887 Witebsk - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence Plakat: Die Zauberflöte. 1967.Lithograph in colors, executed by Charles Sorlier under supervision of Marc ChagallCf. CS 38. Sorlier posters pp. 114/115. Typographically inscribed in lower margin. One of 3000 copies. On wove paper. 100 x 65 cm (39,3 x 25,5 in), almost the full sheetAfter a section of Chagall's draft for "Die Quellen der Musik", one of the two large-sized paintings for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Poster with letters on occasion of the premiere of Mozart's Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera on 19 February 1967, for which Marc Chagall had made the stage design and the costumes. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Released by the Metropolitan Opera, New York.