Sale: 457 / Modern Art II, Dec. 07. 2017 in Munich Lot 201

 

201
Marc Chagall
Offrande au Christ en croix, 1973.
Chalks
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

(incl. surcharge)
Offrande au Christ en croix. 1973.
Color Chalks over ink on two sheets of the frontispiece of a book.
Signed and with a personal dedication. Each 35.2 x 26 cm (13.8 x 10.2 in) , size of sheet.
The drawing was executed on the frontispiece of the book "Les Vitraux de Chagall (1959-70)", published by A. C. Mazo, Paris 1972. - Lot not comprising book. [EH].

With a photo expertise from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, from 9 November 2016. The work is registered with the archive number 2016106D registriert.

PROVENANCE: Collection Brigitte and Charles Marq, Reims .

Brigitte Simon and Charles Marq ran a glass painting studio in Reims in the early 1950s. They invited acclaimed contemporary artists to work in their studio and it became a meeting point for names such as Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Joan Miró, Serge Poliakoff, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Raoul Ubac, George Braque and Serge Charchoune.



201
Marc Chagall
Offrande au Christ en croix, 1973.
Chalks
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

(incl. surcharge)