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Property of an Important New York Collector

Marc Chagall

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)