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Property of an Important American Collector

Marc Chagall

Soleil et âne rouge

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Auction Closed

May 14, 06:49 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important American Collector

Marc Chagall

1887 - 1985

Soleil et âne rouge

signed Chagall (lower right); signed Marc Chagall (on the reverse)

oil and tempera on canvas

31 ⅞ by 23 ⅝ in.

81 by 60 cm.

Executed in 1982-83.

Ida Chagall, Paris (acquired by descent from the artist)

Galerie Joel Cohen, Paris

Private Collection, Switzerland

Sotheby’s, New York, 7 November 2001, lot 39 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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