Marc Chagall, Hommage au passé (La Ville)

Property of a Distinguished American Collector
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985
Hommage au passé (La Ville)

Signed Marc Chagall and dated 944 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
28 by 29 7/8 in.
71 by 75.8 cm
Painted in 1944.

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

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Provenance:
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired by 1948)

Dr. J.J. Mayers, New York

Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York

Feigl Gallery, New York

Frederick & Helen Serger, New York (acquired by 1954)

Mr. & Mrs. Ludwig Neugass, New York (acquired by 1956 and until at least 1965)

Sale: Doyle's, New York, May 17, 1984, lot 88

Private Collection, Australia (acquired by 1986 and sold: Christie's, London, February 7, 2012, lot 43)

Private Collection, United States (acquired at the above sale and sold: Christie's, London, February 27, 2018, lot 25)

Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above