Lot 40
  • 40

Marc Chagall

Estimate
45,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • La grande corniche (Mourlot: 485a)
  • signed and numbered épreuve d'artiste  
  • lithograph
Executed in 1967, this work is an artist proof aside from an edition of 50, published by Fernand Mourlot. 

Provenance

Mitsukoshi, Hong Kong
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Fernand Mourlot, The Lithographs of Chagall 1962-1968, Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston, 1969, cat. no. 485a

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of very light foxing in the background, only visible under very close examination. Framed under Plexiglas.
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