Beschreibung:

Details
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
La fenêtre ouverte
signed 'Chagall Marc' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Cela a été fait par moi en Auvergne, à Lac Chambon vers 1925 Marc Chagall Vence 1957' (on the reverse)
gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper laid down on card
24 7⁄8 x 19 in. (63.3 x 48.4 cm.)
Executed in Auvergne circa 1925
Provenance
Galerie des Arts, Vence.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H. Krayenbühl, Zurich, by 1957, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
F. Meyer, Marc Chagall Life and Work, London, 1964, no. 407, p. 752 (dated '1926'; illustrated).
J. Cassou, Chagall, London, 1965, p. 138 (dated '1926'; illustrated pl. 84).
Exhibited
Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Marc Chagall October - November 1963, no. 136, p. 71 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, November - December 1963.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post Lot Text
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.