Property of a CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)

Le lion et le moucheron

signed bottom right Chagall--gouache and watercolor on paper mounted at the corners on board
18 7/8 x 17¾ in. (47.9 x 45.1 cm.)

Painted 1926-1927
Provenance
Irène Monferrato, Paris
Katia Granoff, Paris (acquired by the present owner, 1980)
Literature
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, New York, 1963, no. 426 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Marc Chagall, Feb.-March, 1959, no. 225. The exhibition traveled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, April-May, 1959.