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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Starting price
£ 2 800 000
Auction dateClassic
28.06.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 792322
Lot 65 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Bestiaire et musique

stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right); signed 'Marc Chagall' (on the reverse)

oil, wax crayon and India ink on canvas

55 1⁄4 x 61 1⁄8 in. (140.2 x 155.5 cm.)

Executed in 1969





Provenance

The artist, until at least 1977.

Private Collection, Germany, by 1989.

Private Collection, Japan.

Acquired from the above; sale, Seoul Auction, Hong Kong, 4 October 2010, lot 30.

Private Collection, by whom acquired at the above sale.



Exhibited

Tokyo, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Marc Chagall, August - September 1976, no. 39, n.p. (illustrated n.p.); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Musée Municipal, September - October 1976; Nagoya, Musée Préfectoral d'Aichi, November 1976; and Kumamoto, Musée Prefectoral, November - December 1976.

Paris, Musée du Louvre, Marc Chagall, Peintures récentes 1967-1977, October 1977 - January 1978, no. 12, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).

Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, L'oeuvre ultime de Cezanne à Dubuffet, July - October 1989, no. 43, pp. 108 (illustrated p. 109).



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Post Lot Text

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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