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The Comité Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this gouache.
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La vielle et les deux servantes
Details
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La vielle et les deux servantes
signed 'Chagall' and dated '927' (lower right)
gouache over pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board laid down on panel
20 x 16¼ in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted in 1927
La vielle et les deux servantes
signed 'Chagall' and dated '927' (lower right)
gouache over pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board laid down on panel
20 x 16¼ in. (50.8 x 41.2 cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Collection of the artist.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1988, lot 10.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1988, lot 10.
Literature
W. Haftmann, Marc Chagall, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Cologne, 1975, pp. 85 and 209 (illustrated, pl. 34).
Marc Chagall: Les Fables of La Fontaine, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret, 1995, p. 138 (illustrated, p. 85; with partially incorrect provenance).
Marc Chagall: Les Fables of La Fontaine, exh. cat., Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret, 1995, p. 138 (illustrated, p. 85; with partially incorrect provenance).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune; Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, and Berlin, Galerie Flechtheim, La Fontaine par Chagall, February-April 1930, no. 8.
Berne, Klipstein & Kornfield Gallery, Marc Chagall, April-May 1960, no. 12 (illustrated).
Berne, Klipstein & Kornfield Gallery, Marc Chagall, April-May 1960, no. 12 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
The Comité Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this gouache.