Modern & Contemporary Discoveries including Works from the former Claude and Georges Pompidou Collection

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To be Sold on Behalf of the State of the Netherlands

Marc Chagall

La lecture

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Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 EUR

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Description

To be Sold on Behalf of the State of the Netherlands

Marc Chagall

1887-1985

La lecture

stamped marc chagall (lower left)

gouache on paper

63,8 x 50,3 cm; 25⅛ x 19¾ in.

Executed circa 1978.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.

Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs, Amsterdam

Private collection, Netherlands (acquired from the above in 1998)

Thence by descent to the former owner

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