Modern Evening Auction

Modern Evening Auction

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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Marc Chagall

Le Baou de Saint-Jeannet

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07:52:40

May 13, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection 

Marc Chagall 

(1887 - 1985)


Le Baou de Saint-Jeannet

stamped with the signature Marc Chagall (lower right)

oil on canvas

49 ¼ by 44 ⅝ in.   125.1 by 113.2 cm.

Executed in 1969.


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

Estate of the artist

Private Collection, Europe

Sotheby’s, London, 28 June 1988, lot 40 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Private Collection, Japan 

Sotheby’s, New York, 1 May 1996, lot 66 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Asia (acquired at the above sale)

Sotheby’s, New York, 7 November 2006, lot 85 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Werner Haftmann, Marc Chagall, New York, 1972, p. 158, pl. 47, illustrated in color

André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Chagall, Paris, 1974, p. 170, illustrated in color; p. 209

Paris, Grand Palais, Hommage à Marc Chagall, 1967-70, no. 204, p. 13; p. 215, illustrated

Tokyo, National Museum of Art; Kyoto, Municipal Museum; Nagoya, Prefectural Museum and Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum, Marc Chagall, 1976, no. 37, n.p.,  illustrated in color