MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Lot 32
15.10.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1472446
Lot 32 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Les fleurs de Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
signed and dated ‘Marc Chagall 1957’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 5/8 x 29 in. (92.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Painted in 1957




Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Acquired from the above on 9 July 1957, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, Life and Work, New York, 1961, no. 965, p. 762 (illustrated pl. 965; titled 'Flowering Tree').
G. Genty & M.-D. Desmarais, Paris au temps du post impressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants, exh. cat., Montreal, 2020, pp. 18 & 19 (illustrated p. 19).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Maeght, 24 Oeuvres de Chagall, July - August 1957.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Chagall, Entre ciel et terre, July - November 2007, no. 161, p. 195 (illustrated).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, de Renoir à Sam Szafran, Parcours d’un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 55, pp. 124, 125 & 265 (illustrated p. 125).
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