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Etching and watercolour from 1969.
Unqiue work, project for the etching.
On Japan paper.
Dimensions of work: 49 x 37.7 cm.
Publisher: Cramer Éditeur, Geneva.
Provenance:
The estate of the artist, and thence by descent.
Literature:
S. Forestier & M. Meyer, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, 1990, no. 169, p. 173. (photos attached)
S. Benadretti-Pellard, B. Gaudichon & J. Matamoros, La terre est si lumineuse: Chagall et la céramique, exh. cat., Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, 2007, no. 12, p. 36.
Exhibited:
Vallauris, Musée de Céramique et d’Art moderne, Vallauris: Céramiques de peintres et de sculpteurs, June – September 1995, no. 78, p. 84 (illustrated p. 52; with incorrect dimensions).
Nice, Musée National Marc Chagall, Chagall Sculptures, May – August 2017, p. 138 (illustrated p. 27; titled ‘Dessin préparatoire pour L’Âne bleu’); this exhibition later travelled to Tokyo, Station Gallery, Marc Chagall: The Third Dimension, September – December 2017, no. 24, p. 70 (illustrated); Nagoya, City Art Museum, December 2017 – February 2018; and Aomori, Museum of Art, March – May 2018.
Further Details:
The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work..
The work is in Excellent condition.
