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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Les bûcherons au bord du fleuve (recto); Homme au parapluie au village (verso)
Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Les bûcherons au bord du fleuve (recto); Homme au parapluie au village (verso)
signed 'Chagall' (recto; lower right); signed again, dated and inscribed in Cyrillic 'Chagall 910 Vitebsk zimoi po naberezhnoi' (recto; along the lower edge)
pencil on paper
6 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (17.3 x 13.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1910
Les bûcherons au bord du fleuve (recto); Homme au parapluie au village (verso)
signed 'Chagall' (recto; lower right); signed again, dated and inscribed in Cyrillic 'Chagall 910 Vitebsk zimoi po naberezhnoi' (recto; along the lower edge)
pencil on paper
6 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (17.3 x 13.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1910
Provenance
The estate of the artist, and thence by descent.
David McNeil, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above in 1987; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2007, lot 570.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
David McNeil, Paris, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above in 1987; sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2007, lot 570.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Milan, Studio Marconi, Marc Chagall, Disegni inediti dalla Russia a Parigi, May - July 1988, p. 40 (recto illustrated p. 41; titled 'Taglialegna in riva al fiume (Sull'argine, Vitebsk)' and with inverted dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Turin, Galleria della Sindone, Palazzo Reale, December 1990 - March 1991; Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini, October - November 1994; and Meina, Museo e centro studi per il disegno, June - August 1996.
Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Marc Chagall, Von Russland nach Paris, Zeichnungen 1906-1967, December 1997- January 1998.
Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie, Marc Chagall, February - May 2000, p. 37 (recto illustrated; titled 'Holzfäller am Flussufer (Auf dem Damm - Witebsk)').
Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Chagall: From Russia to Paris, Drawings and Watercolors 1906-1967, January - March 2002, p. 22 (recto illustrated; titled 'Wood-cutter on the Bank of the River (On the Bank, Vitebsk)').
Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Chagall: Colour and Music, January - June 2017, no. 499, p. 402 (recto illustrated; with inverted dimensions).
Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Marc Chagall, Von Russland nach Paris, Zeichnungen 1906-1967, December 1997- January 1998.
Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie, Marc Chagall, February - May 2000, p. 37 (recto illustrated; titled 'Holzfäller am Flussufer (Auf dem Damm - Witebsk)').
Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Chagall: From Russia to Paris, Drawings and Watercolors 1906-1967, January - March 2002, p. 22 (recto illustrated; titled 'Wood-cutter on the Bank of the River (On the Bank, Vitebsk)').
Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Chagall: Colour and Music, January - June 2017, no. 499, p. 402 (recto illustrated; with inverted dimensions).
Further details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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