L'idylle en bleu

Details

MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
L'idylle en bleu
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right); signed again 'Marc Chagall' (on the reverse)
oil and tempera on canvas
81 x 65 cm. (31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1979

Provenance

Seibu Department Store, Tokyo
Acquired from the above, circa 1985; sale, Christie’s New York, 12 May 2016, lot 52C
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Ibaraki, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Chagall, June - July 1986, no. 32 (illustrated).

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Further Details

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.