Marc Chagall - Early letter to Gabriel Talfir. Paris 1937

Marc Chagall - Early letter to Gabriel Talfir. Paris 1937

Early letter in the handwriting and signature of Marc Chagall (signed twice - full signature, and after adding a few lines in acronyms). Sent to his good friend the poet and artist Gabriel Talfir. Paris 1937. Yiddish. And rare signatures of Chagall in Hebrew.

At the beginning of the letter, Chagall apologizes for not responding to the congratulatory letter Telfir sent him on the occasion of his 50th birthday, and adds that all the letters arriving from Israel during this period sadden him (apparently following the Arab uprising that took place that year). After signing the letter, Chagall is interested in the events that took place in Tel Aviv after the death of Meir Dizengoff, and continues to ask Talfir about his actions at the time, and once again signs acronyms.

The recipient of the letter, Gabriel Talfir [1901-1990], born in Galicia, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1925 and began writing and publishing artistic reviews on the art of painting. In 1932 he founded his art magazine "Gazit", which became the highlight of his entire artistic enterprise. Gazit magazine was for many years the only Hebrew magazine dedicated to plastic art, and Gabriel Talfir, with the help of his wife Miriam Talfir, devoted most of their efforts and resources to it. The Gazit's 32 monthly was dedicated by Talfir to Marc Chagall at the age of 90 "- 1976, pp. 377-384.

[3] pages. Stains. Good condition.