Lithograph in colors, executed by Charles Sorlier under supervision of Marc Chagall
Cf. 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 sheet
After 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. [SM].