Marc Chagall, Fleurs chez Bella

signed “Chagall Marc” lower left
oil and pencil on canvasboard
21 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (54.9 x 48.1 cm)
Executed in 1935-1938.

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

Provenance

Sam H. Maslon, Minneapolis
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
The Drs. Bakwin, New York (acquired from the above on November 26, 1954)
Thence by descent to the present owners

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture For the Benefit of the Association for Mentally Ill Children in Manhattan, Inc. The Dr. and Mrs. Harry Bakwin Collection, October 4–November 4, 1967, no. 9, pp. 17, 54 (illustrated, p. 17; titled Fleurs dans un Vase; dated 1942)

Literature

Franz Meyer, Marc Chagall. Life and Work, New York, 1963, no. 633, pp. 422, 756 (illustrated, n.p.)