Lot 420
  • 420

MARC CHAGALL | Profil de peintre au bouquet

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Profil de peintre au bouquet
  • signed Marc Chagall and dedicated Pour Jean Dagron avec toute ma reconnaissance pour son aide amicable dans l'organisation de mon exposition et pour sa préface subtile et sympathique (centre right)
  • gouache, watercolour and pen and ink on paper
  • 21.5 by 31.5cm., 8 1/2 by 12 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1952 across two pages on the inside cover of Marc Chagall's exhibition programme at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice.

Provenance

Jean Dagron (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, France
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17th March 2017, lot 61
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Executed on a paper exhibition programme, not laid down and attached to the mount in all four corners. Recto: The pink and red gouache has lightly faded and the programme is time stained. There are a few tiny spots of foxing in places. Verso: There are some losses to the sheet, notably to the lettering which may have been part of the artist's intention and some skinning to the sheet in the lower left corner. Each corner has some minor residue from former mounting. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.