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Marc Chagall
(Russian/French, 1887-1985)
La Monnaie du Pape (Lunaria), 1967-1968
Oil on canvas
395⁄8 x 317⁄8 inches/100 x 81 cm
Signed lower left: Chagall Marc
Titled and dated on the stretcher: 1967-68
Dedicated on the reverse: Pour Vava/Bonne Annee 1968, Marc Chagall
Provenance
Valentine Chagall, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Estate of Chagall, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Exhibited
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Marc Chagall: Recent Paintings 1966 – 1968
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Pavillon de Flore, Marc Chagall Peintures recentes: 1967 – 1977,
October 17, 1977 – January 2, 1978
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Rétrospective de l’oeuvre peint, July 7–October 15, 1984
Paris, Musée Pompidou, Marc Chagall Peintures recentes
1967 – 1977, no. 3
Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Marc Chagall à Palazzo Pitti, June 5 – September 30, 1978, no. 3
Marc Chagall Moscou et Leningrad, no. 22
Literature
Werner Haftmann, Chagall, New York, 1972, pp. 146 – 147, no. 41, illustrated in colour, p.147
Irina Antonova, Andreie Voznesensky, and Marina Bessonova, Chagall Discovered: From Russian
and Private Collections, Moscow, 1988, p. 99, no. 53, illustrated in colour
Werner Haftmann, Chagall, New York, 1984, pp. 114 – 115, no. 34, illustrated in colour
This painting is accompanied by a certicate of authentication kindly issued by the Comité Marc Chagall
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