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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Abigaïl, femme de David (non retenue pour Dessins pour la Bible Editions Verve 1960)
Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Abigaïl, femme de David (non retenue pour Dessins pour la Bible Editions Verve 1960)
stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower centre)
pastel, gouache and pencil on paper
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.5 cm.)
Executed in 1958-1959
Abigaïl, femme de David (non retenue pour Dessins pour la Bible Editions Verve 1960)
stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower centre)
pastel, gouache and pencil on paper
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.5 cm.)
Executed in 1958-1959
Provenance
David McNeil, Paris, by descent from the artist.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in 1986.
Stern Pissarro Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 11 October 2017.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in 1986.
Stern Pissarro Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 11 October 2017.
Exhibited
Bonn, Bundeskanzleramt, Marc Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen aus dem Nachlass des Künstlers, November 1989 - January 1990, no. 63, p. 89 (illustrated; titled 'Abigajil wird die Frau Davids' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Mainz, Landesmuseum, February - April 1990.
Further details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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