Title: Lovers by the Moon | Amoureux à la lune, 1952
Technique: Stamp Signed and Inscribed Gouache, Brush and Ink Painting on Wove Paper
Size: 27.2 x 21.1 cm. / 10.7 x 8.3 in.
Additional Information: This gouache, brush and ink painting is stamp signed by the artist “Chagall” in the lower left corner.
It is also inscribed “Golfe Juan” at the lower right sheet edge.
This painting was executed in 1952.
It is inscribed with the estate number “D1700”, verso.
Provenance: The estate of the Artist.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Chagall Committee from 3rd February 2023, numbered 2023026.
Condition: Excellent condition. The sheet is attached to a support of Ingres Wove paper along the upper edge. Minor areas of craquelure in the left figure’s thigh.
Title: Study for The Circus | Equisse pour ‘Le Cirque’, 1957
Technique: Stamp Signed Gouache, Pastel and Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper
Size: 31.5 x 25 cm. / 12.4 x 9.8 in.
Additional Information: This gouache, pastel and pencil drawing is stamp signed by the artist “Chagall” in the lower left corner.
This painting was executed in 1957.
The composition is a study for a lithograph (reference Mourlot 499) which would later form part of the artist’s lithographic masterpiece ‘Le Cirque’ [The Circus].
Provenance: The estate of the Artist.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Chagall Committee from 28th May 2014, numbered 2014073.
Title: The Angel with the Candlestick | L’Ange au Chandelier, 1973
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 75 x 53 cm. / 29.5 x 20.9 in.
Image size: 52 x 43 cm. / 20.5 x 16.9 in.
Additional Information: This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin.
This work was printed in 1973 by Charles Sorlier based on Chagall’s original gouache in a limited edition of 200 hand signed and numbered impressions.
It was published by Éditions des Amis du Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice.
This composition was also used for a poster advertising the inauguration of the Musée National Mesage Biblique Marc Chagall.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin.
Provenance: The collection of Jacquelyne Branch.
Thence by descent
Literature: Mourlot, F., & Sorlier, C. (1998). Chagall: The Lithographs V (Catalogue Raisonné). D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Reference: CS. 46
Condition: Very good condition. Pale, unobtrusive area of time-staining around the image. Very pale toning along the lower sheet edge and upper left corner.
Title: Sunset, from: Nice and the Côte d’Azur | Soleil couchant, from: Nice Côte d’Azur, 1967
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 73 x 52 cm. / 28.7 x 20.5 in.
Image size: 60 x 46 cm. / 23.6 x 18.1 in.
Additional Information: This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil with Roman numerals from the edition of 75, at the lower left margin.
A further 150 impressions were numbered in Arabic numerals and there were ten artist’s proofs.
It was printed by Charles Sorlier and published by Editions Mourlot in 1967.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin and is stamped with the ink stamp of the publisher, verso.
Note: ‘Sunset’ is one of 12 compositions created to celebrate Nice and the Côte d’Azur. The large-scale lithographs each contain references to the coastline, in particular the easily recognisably Baie-des-Anges (Bay of Angels). It was created in collaboration with Charles Sorlier and is considered to be the finest suite created from this partnership. Walter Erben notes that: ‘The Southern French landscape had astonished Chagall with its wealth of colours and its lyrical atmosphere had captivated him with the beauty of its flowers and foliage.’, this is beautifully embodied in ‘Sunset’.
Literature: Sorlier, C. (1984). Chagall Lithographs. Vol. V 1974 – 1979. Crown Publishers, Inc.: New York.
Reference: Sorlier 26.
Condition: Good condition. Time-staining around the image. Pinpoint foxing in the lower margin.
Title: Siren with the Poet, from: Nice and the Côte d’Azur | Sirène au Poète, from: Nice Côte d’Azur, 1967
Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 73.3 x 52.7 cm. / 28.9 x 20.7 in.
Image size: 61.5 x 45.5 cm. / 24.2 x 17.9 in.
Additional Information: This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil with Arabic numerals from the edition of 150, at the lower left margin.
A further 75 impressions were numbered in Roman numerals and there were ten artist’s proofs.
It was printed by Charles Sorlier and published by Editions Mourlot in 1967.
The paper bears the Arches watermark in the right margin and is stamped with the ink stamp of the publisher, verso.
Note: ‘Siren with the Poet’ is one of 12 compositions created to celebrate Nice and the Côte d’Azur. The large-scale lithographs each contain references to the coastline, in particular the easily recognisably Baie-des-Anges (Bay of Angels). It was created in collaboration with Charles Sorlier and is considered to be the finest suite created from this partnership. Walter Erben notes that: ‘The Southern French landscape had astonished Chagall with its wealth of colours and its lyrical atmosphere had captivated him with the beauty of its flowers and foliage.’, this is beautifully embodied in ‘Siren with the Poet’.
Literature: Sorlier, C. (1984). Chagall Lithographs. Vol. V 1974 – 1979. Crown Publishers, Inc.: New York.
Reference: Sorlier 27.
Condition: Good condition. A short tear at the upper left sheet corner. The sheet slightly toned.
JACQUES CHAPIRO 1887-1972
Dvinsk, Belarus 1887-1972 Paris (Russian / French)
Title: Vase of Flowers / Woman by the Mirror, circa 1930’s
Technique: Original Signed Double Sided Oil Painting on canvas
Size: 37.5 x 52 cm / 14.7 x 20.4 in
Additional Information: This original double sided oil painting . It is signed by the artist “Jacques Chapiro” in the lower right corner of the flowers side.
Jacques Chapiro was associated with L’Ecole de Paris and settled down in Montparnasse, Paris, along with Chagall at the beginning of the 20t century.
This painting was painted in the late 1920’s or in the 1930’s.
Condition: Good Condition. Unexamined outisde the frame.
JACQUES CHAPIRO 1887-1972
Dvinsk, Belarus 1887-1972 Paris (Russian / French)
Title: Woman Holding an Orange, 1937
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil Painting on canvas
Size: 80 x 65 cm / 31.5 x 25.5 in
Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated by the artist at the upper left corner “Jacques Chapiro”
It was painted in 1937.
Provenance: Elkaïm, L’Isle-Adam, 26th of March 2000, lot 36/b
Condition: Very Good condition.
ANDREI AFANASEVICH EGOROV 1878-1954
YEGOROV / JEGOROV / IEGOROV
Aruküla, Estonia 1878 – 1954 (Estonian/Russian)
Title: River View, 1915
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Oil Paitning on Board
Size: 35 x 50 cm / 13.8 x 19.7 in
Additional Information: This painting is hand signed by the artist at the lower right corner.
It is also dated (1915) and inscribed in Russian at the lower right corner.
Condition: Very good condition. Unexamined outside the frame.
ERTE (Romain de Tirtoff)
St. Petersburg 1892-1990 (Russian/French)
Title: Fortunia
Technique: Original Hand Signed Gouache on paper
Size: 35.2 x 23.3 cm / 13.8 x 9.1 in
Additional Information: This Gouache is hand signed in blue ink by “Erte” in the lower right part.
It is titled in ink on the reverse and stamped with the Erte Atelier stamp: “Romain de Tirtoff Erte – Composition Original”.
Condition: Very good condition. Unexamined outside the frame.
