L'inspiration multicolore du peintre

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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
L'inspiration multicolore du peintre
signed 'Chagall' (lower right)
gouache, coloured ink and brush and India ink on paper
23 1⁄4 x 20 1⁄8 in. (59 x 50.9 cm.)
Executed in 1979-1980

Provenance

The estate of the artist, and thence by descent.

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.

Further details

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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Lot Essay

‘I am often asked: what do you call colour and its chemistry? The same can be said about colour as is said about music: The depth of colour goes through the eyes and remains within the soul, in the same way that music enters the ear and stays in the soul.’

- Marc Chagall (quoted in J. Baal-Teshuva (ed.), Chagall: A Retrospective, Westport, 1995, p. 181.)

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