My Life

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My Life was written in Moscow in 1921–1922, when Chagall was thirty-five years old. Although long out-of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobiographies. The text is accompanied by twenty plates which Chagall prepared especially to illustrate his life story. Together, the words and pictures paint an incomparable portrait of one of the greatest painters of this century, and of the now vanished milieu which inspired him. ...
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My Life was written in Moscow in 1921–1922, when Chagall was thirty-five years old. Although long out-of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobiographies. The text is accompanied by twenty plates which Chagall prepared especially to illustrate his life story. Together, the words and pictures paint an incomparable portrait of one of the greatest painters of this century, and of the now vanished milieu which inspired him.

The autobiography of one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century.

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A lyrical memoir of the artist's early life with 50 illustrations by the author. While the book first appeared in Russian in 1947, this translation is made from the 1957 French edition. Published by Peter Owen Publishers, London. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780306805714
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/1994
  • Edition description: 1st Da Capo Press Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 232
  • Sales rank: 278,516
  • Product dimensions: 6.03 (w) x 9.06 (h) x 0.56 (d)

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