MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Lot 53
01.03.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 717745
Lot 53 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Etude pour 'Le Saoul'

signed, dated and inscribed ‘Chagall 911-12 Paris’ (lower right)

gouache, watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper; with another study in gouache and ink on the reverse

9 1⁄2 x 11 7⁄8 in. (24 x 30.3 cm.)

Executed in Paris in 1911-1912







Provenance

Herbert von Garvens-Garvensburg, Hanover & Bornholm, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent; sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 30 November 1955, lot 917.

Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent to the present owner.





Literature

F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, London, 1964, no. 74, p. 746 (illustrated n.p.; with incorrect provenance).





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