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Marc Chagall
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Marc Chagall
- BOUQUET JAUNE ET ORANGE
- signed Marc Chagall (lower right)
- oil and ink on board
- 32.8 by 24.6cm., 12 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.
Provenance
Opera Gallery, Singapore
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000
Condition
This work is in very good condition. Executed on cardboard which is laid down on a pressed board. The surface of the cardboard is slightly time darkened. There is a faint indentation which crosses the work horizontally, about 5 centimetres from the top edge. Some cracking and associated tiny chips of loss in the red pigment on the right side and in the the green pigment in the bouquet. The colours are richer and deeper in person than in the catalogue illustration. When examined under ultraviolet light the work doesn't appear to have any restoration.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'All the tenderness of love is transmuted into the plastic presence of flowers. These flowers now seem as if woven out of light, a fabric of shimmering rays of sun and moon, while yet remaining the flowers we know and love.'
(Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: Life and Work, New York, 1961, p. 397)