Lot Essay
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Property from a Private Japanese Collection
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Couple au Christ
Details
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Couple au Christ
signed 'Chagall' (lower left) and signed again 'Marc' (lower right)
gouache, pastel and brush and India ink on paper
20 x 16 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Couple au Christ
signed 'Chagall' (lower left) and signed again 'Marc' (lower right)
gouache, pastel and brush and India ink on paper
20 x 16 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Provenance
Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris.
Private collection, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 90.
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2010.
Private collection, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 90.
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2010.
Exhibited
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Marc Chagall in Praise of Love and Nature, October-December 2007, p. 99, no. 34 (illustrated in color).
Karuizawa, Musée d'Art Mercian, Legend of Bouquet Exhibition, July-September 2008, p. 13, no. 6.
Karuizawa, Musée d'Art Mercian, Legend of Bouquet Exhibition, July-September 2008, p. 13, no. 6.
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