Marc Chagall Self Portrait

This Litho / Print
Self Portrait by Marc Chagall measures
10x13 inch.
Under the picture there is the # 282.
On the bottom right is the #93 (I believe this may be the page number).
on the reverse is printed
283. THE HOUSE IN MY VILLAGE
284. PROFILE AND RED CHILD
285 LOVERS WITH RED SUN
286. THE BAY OF ANGELS
AND ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS 94(I believe this may ALSO be the page number).
Does any one any thing about this or what book this may have come from
and what the numbers signify
Thanks

 

The 282 is a reference to the catalog raisonne edited by Marc Mourlot. Apparently this lithograph was produced for, and published in, the catalog in 1960.

I'm guessing this is a reproduction with the other titles on the back also being available from the same source. But that's just a guess. I don't know how the page numbers fit in.

I have never seen the catalog, but given the date I would expect a noticeable difference between an added lithograph in color and the other text and reproductions. I would expect the other illustrations to be in black and white and on a different grade of paper. There were 12 lithographs done specifically for the catalog and numbered 281-292, 10 of them in color. I don't know if these lithographs would have constituted a specially printed signature (in this context: a part of a book), or if they might have been "tipped in" (printed separately and then individually pasted into the book). There's always the chance that this came out of the catalog, but I would not expect such a print to have other titles (or any printing) on the back.