Impressionist & Modern Art
Impressionist & Modern Art
Property from a Private Florida Collection
MARC CHAGALL | L'ANGE AUX FLEURS POUR T. KOLLEK
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FLORIDA COLLECTION
MARC CHAGALL
1887 - 1985
L'ANGE AUX FLEURS POUR T. KOLLEK
Signed Marc Chagall, dated 1965 I/XII and inscribed Pour. T. Kollek amicalement (lower right); signed in Hebrew (lower left)
Watercolor, pen and ink and ballpoint pen on paper
13 ⅞ by 19⅞ in. (35.2 by 50.4 cm)
Executed in Jerusalem on December 1, 1965.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Israel (by descent from the above and sold: Christie's, South Kensington, June 27, 2014, lot 51)
Acquired at the above sale
Born outside of Budapest in 1911, Teddy Kollek became an Israeli politician and seven-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek was a dedicated supporter of the arts, founding The Israel Museum and commissioning Chagall to create works for the Israeli Knesset and the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Upon Chagall’s death in 1985, his estate donated dozens of works to The Israel museum in his memory.