Bouquet près de la fenêtre
Painting by Marc Chagall
| Bouquet près de la fenêtre | |
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| Bouquet by the Window | |
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| Artist | Marc Chagall |
| Year | 1959–1960 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 149.8 cm × 120 cm (59.0 in × 47 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Bouquet près de la fenêtre (Bouquet by the Window) is an oil on canvas painting by Marc Chagall dated 1959–1960. Franz Meyer, Chagall's biographer (and son-in-law), called it one of Chagall's finest flower paintings.[1]
The lovers in the painting are Chagall and his second wife Valentina Brodsky. His first wife and the great love of his life, Bella Rosenfeld, floats in the upper-left as a ghostly apparition dressed in bridal white. The view in the foreground is of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, near where Chagall settled the last four decades of his life.[2]
The painting fetched £3,218,500 at a Christie's auction in London on 23 June 2015.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Meyer, Franz (1964). Marc Chagall. London: Harry N Abrams. p. 594. ISBN 978-0-8109-0055-4.
- ^ a b "Sale 10334 Lot 18". christies.com. Christie's.
External links
- Christie's image (zoomable)
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- List of works
- I and the Village (1911)
- Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers (1913)
- The Poet Reclining (1915)
- Bella with White Collar (1917)
- Green Violinist (1923–24)
- White Crucifixion (1938)
- The Yellow Crucifixion (1943)
- Bouquet with Flying Lovers (1930s–1944)
- Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio (1945)
- Nocturne (1947)
- La Mariée (1950)
- Le Grand Cirque (1956)
- Bouquet près de la fenêtre (1959–60)
- Le Grand Cirque (1968)
- Scene de Cirque (circa 1970)
- Le Clown au Cirque (1980)
- The Painter and His Fiancée (1980)
- Soleil dans le ciel de Saint-Paul (1983)
- Four Seasons (1974)
- All Saints Church, Tudeley (1967–1977)
- Bella Rosenfeld (wife)
- Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art (defunct)
- Chagall (1963 documentary)
- Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977 documentary)
- 2981 Chagall
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