Live Auction 2438Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Lot 194

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Le cosaque et son église

Closed5 May 2011

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Le cosaque et son église
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right)
pencil, colored pencils and black wax crayon on paper
14 x 8½ in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1945

Estate of the artist.
Galerie Pascal Retelet, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 2000.

Specialist note

The Comité Marc Chagall has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
The present work is a sketch of a costume created for Igor Stravinsky's 1910 ballet The Firebird.