Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

La Belle aux fleurs

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La Belle aux fleurs
signed and dated '1950. MArc ChAgAll' (lower left)
gouache and brush and India ink on paper
23 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (59 x 44.4 cm.)
Executed in 1950
Provenance
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners in June 1971.
Exhibited
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Marc Chagall: Gouachen und Lavis 1947 bis heute, November 1972 - January 1973, no. 20 (titled 'Mädchen und Blumen').
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Lot Essay

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

'It's dark.
I kiss her.
A still life magically takes shape in my mind.
She poses for me.
Reclining, a rounded white nude takes shape.
I approach her timidly. I confess it was the first time I had seen a nude.
Although she was practically my fiancée I was still afraid of approaching her, of going any nearer, of touching all that loveliness.
As if a feast were spread before your eyes.'
M. Chagall, painting Bella nude at Javitch's, quoted in: My Life, London, 1965, p. 79.

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