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The September 2022 Auctions: Day 2

Sun, Sep 18, 2022 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1012

MARC CHAGALL (FRENCH/RUSSIAN, 1887–1985) ETCHING AND DRYPOINT ON MONTVAL LAID PAPER, WITH WATERMARK, 1927-30, H 11.625" W 9.375" (PLATE) LE SOLEIL ET

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Signed in pencil and annotated 'epreuve d'artiste' (an artist's proof aside from the edition of 100), with the Galatea watermark (adapted from Aristide Maillol) for Papeterie Montgolfier à Montval, numbered 67 in pencil verso, unpublished by Ambroise Vollard (due to his untimely death), completed and published by Teriade, Paris in 1952, printed by Maurice Potin, Paris, with full margins (deckle edges on all four sides). Sheet Size H 16.5" W 13.25" Provenance: Teriade, Paris, France; Galerie Vision Nouvelle, Paris, France; G.M.B Galerie Internationale, Royal Oak, MI; From the Estate of a Private Collection, West Bloomfield, MI. Catalogue Raisonne: Cramer books 22; Charles Sorlier, 167. Accompanied by a copy of the letter from E. Teriade, Publisher, Paris, France to G.M.B Galerie certifying that the series of artist's proofs were signed by the artist in his presence.