Property from an Esteemed European Collection
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
L'Entrée en piste
signed Marc Chagall (lower right); signed again (on the reverse)
oil, tempera and sawdust on canvas
36 ¼ by 28 ¾ in.
92 by 73 cm.
Executed in 1968-72.
The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Condition Report
Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired directly from the artist circa 1972)
Private Collection, Milan (acquired by 1974 and until at least 1985)
Private Collection, United States
Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1988, lot 26 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Marco Valsecchi, Marc Chagall, opere scelte, Milan, 1972, pl. 18, illustrated
Louis Aragon, “Chagall L'admirable,” Derrière le Miroir, no. 198, May 1972, no. 4, n.p., illustrated
André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Chagall, Paris, 1974, no. 149, p. 193, illustrated in color
François Le Targat, Marc Chagall, London, 1985, no. 124, n.p., illustrated in color
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Marc Chagall, 1972, no. 4