Lot 359
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Marc Chagall

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Poissons et poireaux ou La Bouteille de Bordeaux
  • Signed Marc Chagall and dated 950 (lower right)
  • Gouache, watercolor, pastel, ink wash and pen and ink on paper
  • 25 1/2 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 64.7 by 50.1 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Ruth O'Hara, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Literature

Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall, Life and Work, New York, 1963, no. 812, illustrated n.p.

Condition

In generally good condition. The work is affixed to the mat around the edges with tape. Some faint fox marks are visible mainly near the corners. The colors are bright and fresh.
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