Lot 64
  • 64

Marc Chagall

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Les Amoureux au bouquet
  • Signed Marc Chagall (lower left)
  • Pen, brush and ink on paper
  • 9 1/2 by 6 1/8 in.
  • 24 by 15.5 cm
  • Executed circa 1948.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1943

Condition

Pen, brush and ink on watermarked paper. Paper in hinged to sheet at top of may by archival tape, verso is visible. Recto: Surface in generally good condition, Some stain from previous matting around extreme edges. A few minor and faint fox marks visible. Sheet has deckled edges. Verso: A few scattered fox marks. Some scattered surface dirt and minor mat stain.
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