ID 990361
Lot 330 | MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Estimate value
£ 280 000 – 350 000
Le bonheur du jeune couple aux fleurs
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower left)
gouache and brush and India ink on paper
20 1/8 x 13 in. (51 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1967
Provenance
Heinz Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist by October 1968.
Hokin Gallery, Inc., Chicago, by whom acquired from the above by 1976.
Private collection, California, by whom acquired from the above in 1976.
Gustfield-Glimer Galleries, Northbrook, Illinois.
Private collection, United States, by whom acquired from the above by 2014.
Mollbrink's Art Gallery, Uppsala, by whom acquired in November 2014.
Private collection, Sweden, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Uppsala Auktionskammare, Uppsala, 11 May 2023, lot 418.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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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: | Gouache, Pencil, India Ink |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Artist: | Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Pencil, India Ink |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Address of auction |
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