拍品 341
  • 341

MARC CHAGALL | Le Peintre au village, le soir

估價
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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描述

  • 馬克·夏加爾
  • Le Peintre au village, le soir
  • stamped Marc Chagall (lower right)
  • oil on canvasboard
  • 22 by 14cm., 8 5/8 by 5 1/2 in.
  • Painted circa 1980.

來源

Estate of the Artist
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996

Condition

The canvas-board is sound. Examination under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There are a few fine lines of craquelure to the top of the central figure's head which are stable. The pigments are fresh and vibrant in places. This work is in overall excellent condition.
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拍品資料及來源

A recurring motif of Chagall’s fantastical art is the depiction of him at his easel, paint brush in hand. Within his deceptively complex fanciful compositions, representative of a dream, this motif provides an insight into the artist’s understanding of his role and purpose in this mysterious world. Elusive in its interpretation, Chagall himself said he was a dreamer who never woke up and his choice to depict himself at his easel reflects how he was searching for answers about his existence. Chagall’s works are full of personal metaphor and sentimentality, encapsulating his vision of a warm and pictorial universe; he continually referenced his home and childhood and as this present work demonstrates, his life as a painter.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.