Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La bouteille de Bordeaux
signed and dated 'Marc Chagall 950' (lower left)
gouache, pastel, inkwash, brush and pen and India ink on paper
22 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (56.2 x 45.5 cm.)
Executed in 1950
Provenance
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the artist). Dr. Alfred Giesel, Zurich (acquired from the above, 1950). Dr. Sali Guggenheim, Zurich (acquired from the above and until 1968). Private collection, Zurich (by descent from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2006, lot 240. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.