MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes

Title: Young Woman with Bouquet / Jeune Fille au Bouquet, 1926

Technique: Original Signed and Dated Watercolour, brush and India ink and pencil on thin card

Size: 25.2 x 20.1 cm / 10 x 8 in

Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated by the artist at the lower right corner "Chagall 1926".
It was painted in 1926.
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from David McNeil.
The spontaneous brushstrokes used in Jeune fille au bouquet prove how far Chagall is ready to free himself from any artistic theory or 'ism' school. He does not hesitate to let his mind express itself through this sketch, in which the woman carrying flowers stands out against the dark background and this subject will often feature in Chagall's paintings. Using ink wash as his medium, Chagall attempts to plunge his female figure in a mysterious world, as she seems to be an apparition coming out from a dream.

Provenance: David McNeil (the artist's son), Paris, by descent from the artist (no. D 1079).
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1987.

Literature: V. Rakitin, Chagall, Disegni inediti dalla Russia a Parigi, Milan, 1989, p. 112 (ill. p. 113).
Exhibited: Milan, Studio Marconi, Marc Chagall, Disegni inediti dalla Russia a Parigi, May - July 1988; this exhibition later travelled to Turin, Galleria della Sindone, Palazzo Reale, Dec. 1990 - Mar. 1991; Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini, Oct.- Nov. 1994; Meina, Museo e centro studi per il disegno, June - Aug. 1996.
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Marc Chagall, "Himmel und Erde", Dec. 1996 - Feb. 1997.
Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Marc Chagall, Von Russland nach Paris, Zeichnungen 1906-1967, Dec. 1997 - Jan. 1998.
Abbazia Olivetana, Fondazione Ambrosetti, Marc Chagall, Il messaggio biblico, May - July 1998.
Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie, Marc Chagall, Feb.- May 2000, p. 22 (ill.).
Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Chagall, Jan.- Mar. 2002.

Condition: Excellent condition. Unframed.

Note: This work will be shipped from Israel.