Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Nature morte sur les toits

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Nature morte sur les toits
signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower center)
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (45.8 x 55 cm.)
Painted circa 1923

Provenance
Burthoul Collection, Belgium; sale, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 11 March 1950, lot 23.
Daniel Bortin, Philadelphia.
Ambassador and Mrs. Arnold Salzman, Great Neck, New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 3 July 1968, lot 74.
Galerie de l'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris.
René Lang, Zürich (by March 1969).
Galleria del Milione, Milan (possibly acquired from the above, circa January 1983).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1983.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from an Important Collection

Literature
Letter from M. Chagall to R. Lang, 31 March 1969.
Letter from V. Chagall to C. Ghringhelli (Galleria del Milione), 28 January 1983.
Letter from I. Chagall to C. Ghringhelli (Galleria del Milione), 1 March, 1983.
"Front Matter" in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 110, no. 783, June 1968, p. xxvii (illustrated).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff, 1935.
(possibly) Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, L’art vivant dans les collections privées belges, June-June 1947, no. 12bis.
New York, Beilin Gallery, Marc Chagall: Eightieth Birthday Exhibition, An American Tribute, April-May 1967, no. 8 (illustrated; titled Horses Head with Flowers and dated 1925).
(possibly) Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde: Mitglieder zeigen ihr Lieblingskunstwerk aus eigenem Besitz, October-November 1968, p. 35, no. 73.
Turin, Galleria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Marc Chagall: un maestro del '900, March-July 2004, p. 92, no. 47 (illustrated in color, p. 93; titled Nudo sotto il tavolo and dated 1927-1928).