It would be wonderful to see an edition of Master and Margarita with illustrations by Chagall - I wonder if that would be possible, or if it would violate all copyright laws known to man to put two such disparate individuals' work together.
I personally think his paintings fit in rather well with the flying through the night, masked balls at Satan's place, burning manuscripts, white flowers, talking cats thing. It was actually my immediate association. My second association is one of my favourite Ferlinghetti poems. Ferlinghetti, Bulgakov, and Chagall - strange bedfellows indeed!
Don't let that horse
eat that violin
cried Chagall's mother
But he
kept right on
painting
And became famous
And kept on painting
The Horse With Violin In Mouth
And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
and rode away
waving the violin
And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across
And there were no strings
attached
