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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Arlequin à la lune jaune
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right); signed again 'Chagall' (on the rightmost figure)
gouache, pastel and pencil on paper
26 x 20 1/8 in. (65.9 x 51 cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
I. A. & Cecile Mann Victor, New York & Dallas, and thence by descent to their estate; sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 May 1989, lot 222.
Private collection, New York; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 14 May 1992, lot 175.
Galleria del Sogno, Lugano, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie’s, London, 2 December 1996, lot 50.
Private collection, Cologne by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby’s, London 7 December 1999, lot 62.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 18 May 2022, lot 240.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Derrière le Miroir: Marc Chagall December 1969 - January 1970, no. 14, p. 32.
Lugano, Galleria del Sogno, Marc Chagall Le cirque, les fleurs, October 1992 - January 1993, p. 23 (illustrated).
Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Marc Chagall March - June 1994, no. 95, p. 202 (illustrated).
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The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.