Impressionist & Modern Art
Impressionist & Modern Art
Property from a Private Florida Collection
MARC CHAGALL | PEINTRE À LA PALETTE POUR TEDDY KOLLEK
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October 5, 05:15 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FLORIDA COLLECTION
MARC CHAGALL
1887 - 1985
PEINTRE À LA PALETTE POUR TEDDY KOLLEK
Signed Marc Chagall + Vava (lower right); inscribed Pour Teddy Kollek (lower center); dated 1973 and inscribed St. Paul France (lower left)
Crayon and pastel on paper
12 ⅝ by 19 in. (32 by 48.3 cm)
Executed in St. Paul in 1973.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Israel (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, South Kensington, June 27, 2014, lot 55)
Acquired at the above sale
Born outside of Budapest in 1911, Teddy Kollek became an Israeli politician and seven-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek was a dedicated supporter of the arts, founding The Israel Museum and commissioning Chagall to create works for the Israeli Knesset and the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Upon Chagall’s death in 1985, his estate donated dozens of works to The Israel museum in his memory.