ID 1306020
Lot 138 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Rabbin à la Thora
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
tempera, pastel, gouache, coloured crayon and brush and wash and India ink on buff paper
25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (65 x 50 cm.)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1972.
Ruben Hüttner, Stockholm, by whom acquired from the above in 1973; sale, Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, 26 September 1991, lot 31.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2004, lot 529.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Marc Chagall, September - December 1982, no. 71, pp. 111 & 156 (illustrated p. 111; dated '1940s' and with incorrect dimensions).
Further details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Watercolor on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Watercolor on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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