No artist is as famous for colour lithography as Chagall; an art form he elevated to the highest level of aesthetic achievement. Working in tandem with the great atelier of Paris, Mourlot Brothers, Chagall created images that have become highly prized by collectors and museums alike. Today, Chagall's graphic collections stand as one of the greatest bodies of print-making of the twentieth century. In 1976, close to the end of his life Marc Chagall, Fernand Mourlot, and Robert Marteau collaborated in the making of Les Ateliers de Chagall (Chagall’s Studios), an illustrated book featuring seven original lithographs and two woodcuts by Chagall. The remaining images included in the book are colour lithographs, after gouaches by Chagall, printed by Charles Sorlier under the artist’s supervision.
