#8474 • Marc Chagall Mixed Media & Plaster Painting

Part of Grandee Estate Jewelry Auction (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

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Status: Sold

Est. $500,000-$2,500,000 Marc Chagall (French/Russian; 1887-1985) Untitled Mixed Media & Plaster on Cardstock Painting in Wood & Gilt Gold Frame - This beautiful piece was made by world renowned artist, Marc Chagall. This untitled work was created using mixed media and plaster on cardstock, and depicts a man pursuing a woman, both floating over a village adorned with flowers, houses and wine jugs. The work uses a variety of blues paired with yellow and gold accents, creating a rich, cool color palette that is very eye pleasing. The piece is signed in the lower right corner, and has been framed in a wood and gilt gold frame under non-glare glass. Measurements (approximate): 9.25"W x 11.75"L (15.5" x 17.75" including frame). Marc Chagall was an early modernist artist, associated with several major artistic styles. He created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints. He was known as both a pioneer of modernism and as a major Jewish artist. Chagall's work is housed in a variety of locations, including the 'Palais Garnier' (the Opera de Paris), the Art Institute of Chicago, Chase Tower Plaza of downtown Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, the Metz Cathedral, Notre-Dame de Reims, the Fraumünster abbey in Zürich, Switzerland, the Church of St. Stephan in Mainz, Germany and the Biblical Message museum in Nice, France, which Chagall helped to design.