CHAGALL Marc (1887-1985) Le plafond de l'Opéra, first edition illustrated with an original Monte Carlo drawing, André Sauret, 1964. In-4. Red cloth under illustrated dust jacket filled (publisher's binding). Original edition, published on the occasion of the inauguration of the ceiling painted by Marc Chagall for the Opéra Garnier, in which there is a poem by Aragon and the text of Marc Chagall's speech in which he pays homage to André Malraux. Original colour lithograph by Marc Chagall and numerous reproductions of sketches, plans, etc., and, enclosed in a pocket attached to the inside of the second plate, the definitive model of Chagall's ceiling, which is sometimes missing. Beautiful original drawing in ink, watercolor and colored pencils on double page, dated, signed and dedicated by Chagall to André Malraux.