Live Auction 3737Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Lot 1178 Property from a Private Japanese Collection

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

Couple au Christ

Closed15 May 2015

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USD 269,000

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Couple au Christ
signed 'Chagall' (lower left) and signed again 'Marc' (lower right)
gouache, pastel and brush and India ink on paper
20 x 16 7/8 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm.)
Executed in 1959

Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris.
Private collection, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 90.
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2010.

Specialist note

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