Esquisse préparatoire pour "Moïse et les tables de la Loi"

Details

MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Esquisse préparatoire pour "Moïse et les tables de la Loi"
pastel, brush and ink, and collage on paper
12 7/8 x 10 in. (32.8 x 25.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1975

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, Tel Aviv, 14 April 1996, lot 43.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Further details

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

Sale room notice

Please note that the medium for this work is 'pastel, brush and ink, and collage on paper' and not as stated in the printed gallery guide.

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Lot Essay

Executed circa 1975, Esquisse préparatoire pour "Moïse et les tables de la Loi" is a preparatory drawing for the monotype bearing the same title and recorded as no. 303 of the catalogue raisonné of Chagall’s Monotypes by the artist compiled by Jean Leymarie and Gérald Cramer.

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