MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Lot 458
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ID 1381162
Lot 458 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 550 000 – 750 000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Femme à l'âne vert ou Tête de vache verte
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 7/8 x 28 ½ in. (33 x 72.3 cm.)
Painted in 1953




Provenance

Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Willy & Marina Staehelin-Peyer, Zurich, by whom acquired from the above, by 1963, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 February 2016, lot 4.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, Life and Work, New York, 1961, no. 925, p. 761 (illustrated; dated '1953-1954').



Exhibited

Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Exposition Marc Chagall-Japon, October - November 1963, no. 92, p. 119 (illustrated; dated '1952'); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, November - December 1963.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Hommage à Marc Chagall, œuvres de 1957-1967, 1967, no. 45, p. 38 (illustrated; dated '1955-1956').
Nara, Prefectural Museum of Art, Marc Chagall, In Praise of Love and Nature, October - December 2007, no. 44, p. 206 (illustrated p. 109; dated 'circa 1953-1954').



Further Details

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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