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The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work
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Couple au cirque
Details
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Couple au cirque
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
tempera, watercolour and pen and India ink on masonite
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1981
Couple au cirque
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
tempera, watercolour and pen and India ink on masonite
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1981
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 15 June 2007, lot 17.
Galerie Salis & Vertes, St. Moritz.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galerie Salis & Vertes, St. Moritz.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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