Modern Evening Auction
Modern Evening Auction
Property of an Important New York Collector
Bethsabée
Auction Closed
May 16, 12:52 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of an Important New York Collector
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Bethsabée
signed Chagall Marc (lower left); signed Marc Chagall (on the reverse); signed Chagall (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
77 ½ by 42 ⅜ in.
196.7 by 107.6 cm.
Executed in 1965.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Private Collection (commissioned and acquired directly from the artist)
Sotheby’s, London, 10 February 2011, lot 12 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
François Le Targat, Marc Chagall, London, 1985, no. 97, n.p., illustrated in color (dated 1962-63 and with incorrect measurements)
Werner Haftmann, Marc Chagall, New York, 1998, p. 142
Paris, Grand Palais, Hommage à Marc Chagall, 1969-70, no. 172, illustrated (dated 1962-63 and with incorrect dimensions)
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Marc Chagall, Rétrospective de l'œuvre peint, 1984, no. 59, p. 111, illustrated in color (dated 1962-63 and with incorrect dimensions)
London, Royal Academy of Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Chagall, 1985, no. 104, p. 125, illustrated in color and p. 231, illustrated (dated 1962-63 and with incorrect dimensions)
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Marc Chagall, 1991, pl. 88, illustrated in color (dated 1962 and with incorrect dimensions)
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