Marc Chagall | Nimrod
CHAGALL, MARC
1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence
Title: Nimrod.
Technique: Mixed media on strong Japan.
Measurement: 45 x 33cm.
Notation: Signed lower left: MARC ChAgAll. Inscribed and titled verso lower right: D2694 chaseur Nimrod (underlined) page 8. Here additionally equipped with the estate stamp.
A copy of a certificate from Mr David MacNeil, Succsession Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 29 January 1987 is available for this work.
Provenance:
- Galerie Ehrensperger, Zurich (according to consignor)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
- Nimrod depicted with a quick, sure stroke
- The biblical figure of Nimrod is regarded as the builder of the Tower of Babel and as a symbol of human arrogance and rebellion against God
- Religious themes play a major role in Chagall's oeuvre, influenced by his childhood in a Hasidic community in Russia
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CHAGALL, MARC
1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence
Title: Nimrod.
Technique: Mixed media on strong Japan.
Measurement: 45 x 33cm.
Notation: Signed lower left: MARC ChAgAll. Inscribed and titled verso lower right: D2694 chaseur Nimrod (underlined) page 8. Here additionally equipped with the estate stamp.
A copy of a certificate from Mr David MacNeil, Succsession Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 29 January 1987 is available for this work.
Provenance:
- Galerie Ehrensperger, Zurich (according to consignor)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
- Nimrod depicted with a quick, sure stroke
- The biblical figure of Nimrod is regarded as the builder of the Tower of Babel and as a symbol of human arrogance and rebellion against God
- Religious themes play a major role in Chagall's oeuvre, influenced by his childhood in a Hasidic community in Russia
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Time, Location
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