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Esquisse pour Golgotha
Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Esquisse pour Golgotha
inscribed in Russian (along the upper and left edges)
pencil on paper
6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (15.4 x 20 cm.)
Drawn in 1912-1913
Esquisse pour Golgotha
inscribed in Russian (along the upper and left edges)
pencil on paper
6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (15.4 x 20 cm.)
Drawn in 1912-1913
Provenance
Guy Loudmer, Paris, by 1984.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2013, lot 216.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2013, lot 216.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Marcq-en-Baroeul, Fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, Hommage à Marc Chagall, October - December 1975, no. 12, n.p. (dated '1910-1911' and with incorrect medium).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Marc Chagall, Oeuvres sur papier, June - October 1984, no. 35, pp. 73-74 (illustrated p. 73; with inverted dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, February - April 1985; and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Marc Chagall Retrospektive, Arbeiten auf Papier, September - December 1985, no. 35, p. 254 (with inverted dimensions).
Paris, Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Chagall, Vitebsk, Saint-Pétersbourg, Paris, March - May 1993, no. 90, p. 103 (illustrated p. 90; with incorrect dimensions).
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Marc Chagall, 1907-1917, December 1995 - February 1996, no. 153, p. 161 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions).
Nice, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, À la Russie, aux ânes et aux autres, Un chef-d'oeuvre de Marc Chagall, June - September 1997, no. 11 (illustrated p. 51).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Marc Chagall, Oeuvres sur papier, June - October 1984, no. 35, pp. 73-74 (illustrated p. 73; with inverted dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, February - April 1985; and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Marc Chagall Retrospektive, Arbeiten auf Papier, September - December 1985, no. 35, p. 254 (with inverted dimensions).
Paris, Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Chagall, Vitebsk, Saint-Pétersbourg, Paris, March - May 1993, no. 90, p. 103 (illustrated p. 90; with incorrect dimensions).
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Marc Chagall, 1907-1917, December 1995 - February 1996, no. 153, p. 161 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions).
Nice, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, À la Russie, aux ânes et aux autres, Un chef-d'oeuvre de Marc Chagall, June - September 1997, no. 11 (illustrated p. 51).
Special Notice
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Further Details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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