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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Lot 109
19.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 109 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 400 000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Le Mort
signed, dated and inscribed 'Marc Chagall 1911 Paris' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper
9 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (24.2 x 31.2 cm.)
Executed in 1911




Provenance

Private collection, Chicago.
Global Fine Arts, New York.
(probably) Acquired from the above by the present owner, by February 1987.



Exhibited

Stadthalle Balingen, Marc Chagall zum 100. Geburtstatg: Gouachen und Aquarelle, June-August 1987, p. 80 (illustrated in color, p. 81).
The Tel-Aviv Museum, Marc Chagall: 100th Anniversary of his Birth, November 1987-March 1988, no. 8 (illustrated in color, titled The Dead Man).
Breda, De Beyerd, Chagall, April-June 1989, p. 96 (illustrated in color, p. 97).
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Fine Arts Museum; Ibaraki, Kasama Nichido Museum, and Nagoya City Art Museum, Marc Chagall, October 1989-March 1990.
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in Twentieth Century Art, October 1990-January 1991, p. 187, no. 102.
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Marc Chagall: Die russischen Jahre, 1906-1922, June-September 1991, no. 7 (illustrated in color).
Salzburg, Landessammlungen Rupertinum and Graz, Kulturhaus der stadt Graz, Chagall, April-July 1992, pp. 23 and 54 (illustrated in color, p. 55).
Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt, Marc Chagall, March-June 1994, p. 54, no. 9 (illustrated in color, p. 55).
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Marc Chagall: Les années russe, 1907-1922, April-September 1995, p. 35, no. 32 (illustrated in color).
Kunstmuseum Bern; New York, The Jewish Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Marc Chagall: 1907-1917, December 1995-January 1997, p. 182, no. 174 (illustrated in color).
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Marc Chagall, March-July 2001, p. 173 (illustrated in color, pl. 2).
Frankfurt, Jüdisches Museum and Berlin, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Marc Chagall und Deutschland, February-August 2004, p. 184 (illustrated in color, pl. 8).



Further details

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
Applied technique:Gouache
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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