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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MAX AND CECILE DRAIME
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Les fiancés à l'ange rouge
Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Les fiancés à l'ange rouge
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 19 5⁄8 in. (73.2 x 49.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937-1938
Les fiancés à l'ange rouge
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 19 5⁄8 in. (73.2 x 49.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937-1938
Provenance
Heinz Berggruen, San Francisco, by 1940.
Dr Walter & Mrs Esther Rothman, Los Angeles.
Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, by whom acquired from the above in March 1962.
Mrs Lincoln Harris, Minneapolis, 1963; sale, Sotheby's, Tokyo, 3 October 1969, lot 386.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 12 May 1998, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale by Max and Cecile Draime.
Dr Walter & Mrs Esther Rothman, Los Angeles.
Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above in 1962.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, by whom acquired from the above in March 1962.
Mrs Lincoln Harris, Minneapolis, 1963; sale, Sotheby's, Tokyo, 3 October 1969, lot 386.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 12 May 1998, lot 45.
Acquired at the above sale by Max and Cecile Draime.
Literature
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall, Life and Work, New York, 1964, no. 634, p. 756 (illustrated).
Exhibited
San Francisco, Museum of Art, Contemporary Art, Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture owned in the San Francisco Bay Region, January - February 1940, no. 69, p. 33 (illustrated).
Pasadena, Art Museum, Chagall: Seventieth Anniversary Exhibition, May - July 1957, no. 22, p. 28.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Selection from the Collection of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1962 - 1963, vol. IV, no. 49, p. 33 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1915-1965, November 1965 - January 1966 (dated '1938').
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Selections from the Private Collection of David M. and Cecile Draime, April - November 2022, p. 10 (illustrated p. 10; illustrated again on the cover).
Pasadena, Art Museum, Chagall: Seventieth Anniversary Exhibition, May - July 1957, no. 22, p. 28.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Selection from the Collection of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1962 - 1963, vol. IV, no. 49, p. 33 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1915-1965, November 1965 - January 1966 (dated '1938').
Youngstown, Ohio, The Butler Institute of American Art, Selections from the Private Collection of David M. and Cecile Draime, April - November 2022, p. 10 (illustrated p. 10; illustrated again on the cover).
Further Details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Michelle McMullan
Senior Specialist, Co-Head of Evening sale