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The Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Le petit poisson et le pêcheur (Fables de la Fontaine)
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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Le petit poisson et le pêcheur (Fables de la Fontaine)
signed 'Chagall' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on buff paper
20 x 16¼ in. (50.7 x 41.2 cm.)
Executed in 1927
Le petit poisson et le pêcheur (Fables de la Fontaine)
signed 'Chagall' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on buff paper
20 x 16¼ in. (50.7 x 41.2 cm.)
Executed in 1927
Provenance
Gallery Kenneth Aberg, Gothenburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1980.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1980.
Literature
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, New York, 1963, p. 332 (illustrated).
J. de la Fontaine and M. Chagall, The Fables of La Fontaine, New York, 1997 (illustrated p. 73).
J. de la Fontaine and M. Chagall, The Fables of La Fontaine, New York, 1997 (illustrated p. 73).
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