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Moïse (gouache préparatoire pour la lithographie M. 126 (La Bible Ed. Verve))
Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Moïse (gouache préparatoire pour la lithographie M. 126 (La Bible Ed. Verve))
stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
gouache and pen and India ink on paper
14 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (36.1 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955-1956
Moïse (gouache préparatoire pour la lithographie M. 126 (La Bible Ed. Verve))
stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
gouache and pen and India ink on paper
14 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (36.1 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed in 1955-1956
Provenance
The artist's estate.
David McNeil [the artist's son], Paris, by descent from the above.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 25 November 2005, lot 71.
Connaught Brown, London (no. 1712), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2007.
David McNeil [the artist's son], Paris, by descent from the above.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 25 November 2005, lot 71.
Connaught Brown, London (no. 1712), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2007.
Literature
Tériade, ed., Bible: Marc Chagall, Verve, vol. VIII, nos. 33-34, Paris, 1956, pls. 32-33 (the lithograph included; titled 'Moïse reçoit les Tablets de la Loi').
F. Mourlot, The Lithographs of Chagall, vol. I, Monte Carlo, 1960, no. 126, p. 152 (the lithograph illustrated p. 155).
P. Cramer, Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1995, p. 92 (the lithograph illustrated).
M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, no. 14, pp. 315-316 (illustrated p. 316; titled 'Moses with the Tablets').
V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au goût du jour', in Connaissance des arts, no. 706, Paris, July - August 2012, p. 114 (illustrated in situ).
F. Mourlot, The Lithographs of Chagall, vol. I, Monte Carlo, 1960, no. 126, p. 152 (the lithograph illustrated p. 155).
P. Cramer, Marc Chagall, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva, 1995, p. 92 (the lithograph illustrated).
M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, no. 14, pp. 315-316 (illustrated p. 316; titled 'Moses with the Tablets').
V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au goût du jour', in Connaissance des arts, no. 706, Paris, July - August 2012, p. 114 (illustrated in situ).
Exhibited
Bonn, Bundeskanzleramt, Marc Chagall, Die Bibel, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen aus dem Nachlass des Künstlers, November 1989 - January 1990, no. 46, p. 72 (illustrated; titled 'Mose mit den Gesetzestafeln' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Mainz, Landesmuseum, February - April 1990.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011- 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA63MA).
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011- 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA63MA).
Further Details
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Brought to you by
Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department