Lot Essay
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La musicienne
Details
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La musicienne
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
oil on canvas
45¾ x 35 in. (116.3 x 89 cm.)
Painted in 1978
La musicienne
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
oil on canvas
45¾ x 35 in. (116.3 x 89 cm.)
Painted in 1978
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Paul Kantor, Los Angeles.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 2001, lot 38 (£795,500). Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Paul Kantor, Los Angeles.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 2001, lot 38 (£795,500). Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Maeght (ed.) Derrière le miroir: Marc Chagall, Paris, 1979 (illustrated pl. 9.).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Takashimaya, Nihonbashi, Chagall, 1980; this exhibition later travelled to Oïta, Geijutsu Kaikan; Iwate, Kenmin Kaikan; Tachikawa, Tachikawa-Takashimaya; Tamagawa, Tamagawa-Takashimaya and Kyoto, Kyoto-Takashimaya (illustrated in the catalogue).
New York, Wildenstein and Co., Marc Chagall, 2001, no. 15 (illustrated in colour).
New York, Wildenstein and Co., Marc Chagall, 2001, no. 15 (illustrated in colour).
Special notice
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