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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Couple sous l’arbre ou Les amoureux
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower left) and signed again (lower centre)
gouache and India ink on paper
20 x 19 7/8 in. (50.9 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in Vulpera circa 1962-1963
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired from the artist.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1963, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
W. Haftmann, Chagall, New York, 1973 (illustrated pl. 17).
B. Höpler, Marc Chagall Das Leben ist ein Traum, Munich, 1998, p. 19.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Chagall, May - June 1967, no. 280.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Hommage à Marc Chagall Œuvres de 1947-1967, August - September 1967, no. 134, p. 40.
Marcq-en-Barœl, Fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, Septentrion, Hommage à Marc Chagall October - December 1975, no.61.
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Exposition Marc Chagall August - September 1976, no. 89; this exhibition later travelled to Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Modern Art, September - October 1976; Nagoya, Prefectoral Museum of Aichi, November 1976; and Kumamoto, Prefectoral Museum of Art, November - December 1976.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Chagall, Marc, August - October 1978, no. 29 (illustrated p. 75).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Marc Chagall November 1984 - February 1985, no. 69.
Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, Marc Chagall zum 100. Geburtstag: Gouachen und Aquarelle, June - August 1987.
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in 20th Century Art, October 1990 - January 1991, no. 132, p. 188.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Marc Chagall March - June 1991, no. 92 (illustrated).
Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt, Marc Chagall March - June 1994, no. 89.
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The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.