Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La lecture aux Gobelins
inscribed in Russian 'Reading room, Gobelins library' (lower right)
brush and ink and pencil on paper
8¼ x 10½ in. (20.9 x 26.6 cm.)
Executed in 1911
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
La lecture aux Gobelins
inscribed in Russian 'Reading room, Gobelins library' (lower right)
brush and ink and pencil on paper
8¼ x 10½ in. (20.9 x 26.6 cm.)
Executed in 1911
B. Cendrars, 'Moganni Nameh', in Les feuilles libres, no. 25, Paris, February 1922 (illustrated).
Marcq-en-Baroeul, Fondation Anne & Albert Prouvost, Hommage à Marc Chagall, October - December 1975, no. 4 (illustrated).
Nice, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, À la Russie, aux ânes et aux autres, un chef-d'oeuvre de Marc Chagall, June - September 1997, no. 6 (illustrated p. 49).
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This work is sold with a photo-certificate from the Comité Marc Chagall.
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