MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Lot 62
01.03.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 2 200 000
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ID 717754
Lot 62 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 2 200 000 – 3 200 000
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

L'esprit des roses (Au-dessus des fleurs)

signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)

oil on canvas

36 1⁄4 x 28 3⁄4 in. (92.2 x 73 cm.)

Painted in 1926







Provenance

Georges Bernheim, Paris.

Georges Lurcy, Paris & New York, by whom acquired from the above; his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 November 1957, lot 60.

Private collection, California, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 2018, lot 34.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.





Literature

F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, London, 1964, no. 399, p. 752 (illustrated n.p.).





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