Lot 3
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MARC CHAGALL | Le cheval et l'âne (Fables de La Fontaine)

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Le cheval et l'âne (Fables de La Fontaine)
  • signed Chagall (lower right)
  • gouache and ink on paper
  • 51 x 41,4 cm ; 20 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.
Executed circa 1927.

Provenance

Marcel Arland, Paris
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, La Fontaine par Chagall, 100 fables, 1930, no. 42
Céret, Musée d'Art Moderne, Marc Chagall, les Fables de La Fontaine, 1995-96, illustrated in the catalogue p. 95

Condition

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Catalogue Note

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