Artist: Marc Chagall

Title: Le Couple au Crépuscule (The Couple at Twilight)

Medium: Offset lithograph

Portfolio: Derrière le Miroir #246

Sheet: 15 × 11 in

Framed: 18 × 14 in

Published by Maeght, Paris, 1981

Unsigned

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About This Work

The lovers at dusk — entwined, luminous, suspended between day and night — is one of Chagall's most intimate and recurring visions. Le Couple au Crépuscule captures the tender gravity of two figures caught in the half-light of evening, rendered in the warm, suffused palette that Chagall reserved for his most personal subjects. Love, for Chagall, was never sentimental; it was cosmic — a force that lifted figures from the earth and held them against the sky.

This offset lithograph was published as part of Derrière le Miroir No. 246, the final Chagall-dedicated issue of Maeght's celebrated Parisian review — a publication that brought together the world's foremost modern artists in limited-edition artist books from 1946 through the 1980s. Issue #246 stands among the most significant late documents of Chagall's printed work.

Provenance & Publication

Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, 1981. Issued as part of Derrière le Miroir No. 246 — a periodical renowned for its collaborations with Miró, Calder, Giacometti, and Chagall, among others. Maeght was Chagall's primary European gallery for the last decades of his life.

Condition & Framing

Presented in excellent condition. Custom framed with archival materials to 18 × 14 in. Please allow up to 3 weeks for fulfillment.