Lot 263
  • 263

Marc Chagall

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • ESQUISSE DE 'FLEURS D'ANNIVERSAIRE'
  • signed Chagall (lower right)
  • gouache, oil, pastel and pen and ink on paper
  • 29.2 by 23.6cm., 11 1/2 by 9 1/4 in.

Provenance

Galleri Samlaren (Agnes Widlund), Stockholm
Private collects ion, Stockholm (acquired from the above in the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount at two points along the upper edge. There are tape remnants to all four edges on the reverse and a minor nick to the upper left edge (not visible when framed). Apart from some light t.mes -staining to the sheet, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer and the yellows slightly brighter in the original.
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