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Property of a Distinguished American Collector
Hommage au passé (La Ville)
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Property of a Distinguished American Collector
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985
Hommage au passé (La Ville)
Signed Marc Chagall and dated 944 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
28 by 29 7/8 in.
71 by 75.8 cm
Painted in 1944.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired by 1948)
Dr. J.J. Mayers, New York
Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York
Feigl Gallery, New York
Frederick & Helen Serger, New York (acquired by 1954)
Mr. & Mrs. Ludwig Neugass, New York (acquired by 1956 and until at least 1965)
Sale: Doyle's, New York, May 17, 1984, lot 88
Private Collection, Australia (acquired by 1986 and sold: Christie's, London, February 7, 2012, lot 43)
Private Collection, United States (acquired at the above sale and sold: Christie's, London, February 27, 2018, lot 25)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above
Raïssa Maritain, Chagall ou l'orage Enchanté, Geneva & Paris, 1948, illustrated p. 154 (illustration of the first state)
Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall: Life and Work, New York, 1964, no. 736, pp. 452 & 758, illustrated n.p. (titled La Ville)
Jean Cassou, Chagall, London, 1965, no. 115, illustrated p. 280 (titled Homage to the Past)
Jacob Baal-Teshuva, ed., Chagall. A Retrospective, New York, 1995, illustrated in color pl. 52 (titled Tribute to the Past)
Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, Cologne, 2008, illustrated p. 169
New York, Perls Galleries, Marc Chagall, 1956, no. 15
Tokyo, Museum of Western Art & Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Kyoto, Marc Chagall, 1963, no. 69, illustrated in the catalogue