Ares und Aphrodite. 1974.
Lithograph in colors.
Sorlier 772. Cramer Livres 96. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 30 signed copies for the artist, aside from the complete edition of 270 copies. On Japon. 42 x 32 cm (16,5 x 12,5 in). Sheet: 54 x 39,5 cm (21,2 x 14,7 in).
From "Homère. L'Odyssée", volume I. Printed and published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris 1975. [SM].

Chagall's illustration of the classic love couple Ares and Aphrodite is an ode to sensual tenderness: Aphrodite, goddes of love, and her lover Ares, the god of war, captured in an intimate moment. The sun, high at the sky, immerges the scene in golden light that illuminates the body of the beautiful goddes. [SM].