Lot Essay
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Femme au bain
Details
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Femme au bain
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Marc Chagall 1/3 © Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 14 in. (35.7 cm.)
Conceived in Vence in 1953; this bronze version cast in 1957
Femme au bain
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Marc Chagall 1/3 © Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 14 in. (35.7 cm.)
Conceived in Vence in 1953; this bronze version cast in 1957
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm (acquired from the above, 1959); sale, Stockholms stads auktionsverk, 28 August 1963, lot 123.
Gregor Aronowitsch and Pierre Lundholm, Stockholm (jointly acquired at the above sale).
Rune Svanström, Gothenburg (acquired from the above).
Dr. Odolen Zitek, Stockholm (acquired from the above, 1964).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, June 1973.
Theodor Ahrenberg, Stockholm (acquired from the above, 1959); sale, Stockholms stads auktionsverk, 28 August 1963, lot 123.
Gregor Aronowitsch and Pierre Lundholm, Stockholm (jointly acquired at the above sale).
Rune Svanström, Gothenburg (acquired from the above).
Dr. Odolen Zitek, Stockholm (acquired from the above, 1964).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, June 1973.
Literature
J. Thirion, "Sculptures et céramiques de Marc Chagall," XXe siècle, vol. XXVI, no. 24, December 1964, p. 101 (another cast illustrated).
J. Thirion, "Sculptures et céramiques de Marc Chagall," XXe siècle: Homage to Marc Chagall, November 1969, p. 125 (another cast illustrated).
C. Sorlier, The Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall, Monaco, 1972, p. 248, no. 185 (another cast illustrated, p. 209).
M. Packham, Living with Matisse, Picasso and Christo: Theodor Ahrenberg and his Collections, London, 2018, p. 171 (illustrated).
J. Thirion, "Sculptures et céramiques de Marc Chagall," XXe siècle: Homage to Marc Chagall, November 1969, p. 125 (another cast illustrated).
C. Sorlier, The Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall, Monaco, 1972, p. 248, no. 185 (another cast illustrated, p. 209).
M. Packham, Living with Matisse, Picasso and Christo: Theodor Ahrenberg and his Collections, London, 2018, p. 171 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Sweden, Lunds Konsthall, Klyberg Chagall til Miro Hartung Matta, September-October 1960, no. 47.
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Exhibition of Works from the Ahrenberg Collection, 1960, no. 43.
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Exhibition of Works from the Ahrenberg Collection, 1960, no. 43.
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