ID 792271 
Lot 35  | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000 
Le cheval bleu
signed and dated 'Marc Chagall 1948' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 x 35 in. (68.7 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1948
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (no. 2465), by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1950.
Stephen Hahn, New York, by whom acquired from the above.
Private Collection, United States, by whom acquired from the above by 1964, and thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall: Life and Work, New York, 1964, no. 775, pp. 478, 480 & 759 (illustrated n.p., prior to signature and date).
Exhibited
Pasadena, Art Museum, Marc Chagall: Seventieth Anniversary Exhibition, May - July 1957, no. 40, pp. 19 & 28 (illustrated p. 19, prior to signature and date).
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Marc Chagall, February - March 1959, no. 132, p. 40 (illustrated pl. 132, prior to signature and date); this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, April - May 1959; and Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, June - September 1959.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Hommage à Marc Chagall: Oeuvres de 1947-1967, August - September 1967, no. 7, p. 26.
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Post Lot Text
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted | 
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted | 
| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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