Original black and white lithograph, printed in black and white by Mourlot, unsigned, on Rivoli paper, 320 x 245 mm; an excellent copy in perfect condition. It depicts street artists. Created for the catalogue raisonné Chagall Litographe II, a work produced by the author in four volumes in collaboration with the printer Fernand Mourlot (who is responsible for the great revival of lithography in the postwar period) and Charles Sorlier (André Sauret publisher) between 1960 and 1974.Between 1922 and 1985, Marc Chagall produced 1,500 lithographs. Many of Chagall's lithographs were created with twenty to twenty-five colors and testify to the artist's enormous oeuvre: no one before him achieved such perfection as to combine unparalleled inspiration with complete mastery of technique. Chagall used lithography not as a means of multiplying his works, but as a necessary tool for a creation that could not be expressed in any other way. Chagall's poetic world is colorful, bright, and lively; it communicates happiness and optimism, nourished by an imagination that recalls childlike naivety and fairy tales. Different dominant themes exist in the various periods of his career. The artist's life spans a period of participation in various avant-garde movements and artistic movements. The subjects he creates, with their simple forms and colorful compositions (reminiscent of church stained-glass windows) that inspire him, are rich in references to his childhood and early twentieth-century Russian art, expressed with great dreamlike skill. However, love is often depicted as the true protagonist.