Marc Chagall (1887-1985)


L'écuyère signed 'Chagall' (lower right)pen and ink and pencil on paper6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in (15.9 x 21 cm)Executed circa 1925
|The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall. ProvenanceDavid McNeil, Paris (by descent from the artist, no. D 1072).Private collection (acquired from the above in 1987, and sold:Christie's, London, February 8, 2007, lot 618).Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.ExhibitedMilan, Studio Marconi; Turin, Galleria della Sindone, Palazzo Reale; Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini; & Meina, Museo e centro studi per il disegno, Marc Chagall, Disegni inediti dalla Russia a Parigi, May 1988-August 1996.Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Marc Chagall, "Himmel und Erde," December 1996 - February 1997.Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Marc Chagall, Von Russland nach Paris, Zeichnungen 1906-1967, December 1997 - January 1998.Saiano, Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Marc Chagall, Il messaggio biblico, May - July 1998 (illustrated p. 28).Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie, Marc Chagall, February - May 2000 (illustrated p. 53). Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Chagall, January - March 2002. LiteratureV. Rakitin, Chagall, Disegni inediti dalla Russia a Parigi, Milan, 1989, p. 118 (illustrated p. 119).