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Marc Chagall
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- Marc Chagall
- Les Paysans
- Signed Marc Chagall (lower right)
- Pastel, brush and ink and pen and ink, tempera and colored crayons on paper
- 26 7/8 by 19 5/8 in.
- 68.4 by 49.9 cm
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1977)
Thence by descent
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1977)
Thence by descent
Condition
This work is in excellent condition. Executed on white laid paper, not laid down.The upper, lower and left edges are deckled. Faint studio stains and four small remnants of old framing tape visible on verso. This work is sold unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Marc Chagall fled occupied France in 1941 and settled in the United States. When he returned to France in 1948, he made his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on the Côte d’Azur, where he would happily remain until his death in 1985, living and working nearby fellow artists Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
Chagall claimed that he had never painted flowers in Vitebsk and that they had come to represent France for him: when painting a bouquet, it was like painting a landscape of his adopted country. Chagall's son-in-law and biographer Franz Meyer observed of the later years: "The light, the vegetation, the rhythm of life all contributed to the rise of a more relaxed, airy, sensuous style in which the magic of colour dominates more and more with the passing years. At Vence he witnessed the daily miracle of growth and blossoming in the mild, strong all-pervading light—an experience in which earth and matter had their place" (Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall, London, 1964, p. 519).