Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Artistic Reverie: Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Japan
Au-dessus de la ville
Auction Closed
November 14, 01:23 AM GMT
Estimate
12,000,000 - 18,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Artistic Reverie: Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Japan
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Au-dessus de la ville
signed Marc Chagall (lower right)
oil on canvas
26 ⅝ by 35 ⅞ in. 67.5 by 91 cm.
Executed in 1924.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Werner Vowinckel, Cologne (acquired in 1925)
Edith Vowinckel-Diel, Cologne and Munich (acquired by descent from the above in 1943 and until circa 1950)
Galerie Katia Granoff, Paris
Etta and Mark C. Steinberg, St. Louis (acquired from the above in May 1950)
Etta Steinberg, St. Louis (acquired by descent from the above)
Florence and Richard K. Weil, St. Louis (acquired by descent from the above circa 1974)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above in June 1983)
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above on 29 May 1986)
Acquired from the above in 1986 by the present owner
Franz Meyer, Chagall, New York, 1963, p. 333
François le Targat, Marc Chagall, New York, 1985, no. 43, illustrated in color (dated circa 1924)
De Matisse à aujourd'hui: la sculpture au XXe siècle dans les collections des musées et du Fonds régional d'art contemporain du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1992, p. 115
José María Faerna, ed., Chagall, New York, 1995, no. 32, p. 36, illustrated in color
Darko Pandakovic, Architettura del paesaggio vegetale, Trezzano sul Naviglio, 2000, no. 48, p. 55, illustrated
Gérard Denizeau,
Chagall, 1887-1985, Paris, 2003, no. 32, p. 34, illustrated in color (dated circa 1924)
Jackie Wullschlager, Chagall: Love and Exile, London, 2008, p. 313
Elizabeth C. Childs, "St. Louis and Arts Philanthropy at Midcentury—the Case of Etta. E. Steinberg," Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2015, p. 2, illustrated
Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Marc Chagall: Austellung Gemälde und Graphik von Marc Chagall aus des Jahren 1908 bis 1924, 1925, no. 22, pl. 3, illustrated (dated 1918)
St. Louis, City Art Museum, St. Louis Collects, 1952, no. 21 (dated circa 1914)
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, European Masters of our Time, 1957, no. 24, pl. 48, illustated (dated circa 1914)
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Marc Chagall: Rétrospective de l’oeuvre peint, 1984, no. 29, p. 63, illustrated in color (dated circa 1924)
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Marc Chagall, 1984-85, no. 38, illustrated in color (dated circa 1924)
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