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10 March 2023

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SOLD ! SALE RESULTS FOR:
Chagall et la Musique :
Œuvres provenant de la succession de l’artiste

Paris France 10 March 2023
SOLD !
SALE RESULTS FOR:
<br />Chagall et la Musique :
<br />Œuvres provenant de la succession de l’artiste

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) 
Orphée, Maquette définitive pour la Mosaïque de la maison John Neff, Washington D.C.
gouache, tempera, pen and India ink, pastel, pencil and collage of fabrics on paper 75.1 x 137.5 cm, 1969
Estimate : €150 000-250 000
Sold for : €378,000

THE SALE AT A GLANCE: 
Sale overview: What better theme than music in Chagall’s beloved and colourful oeuvre? The following fifty works by Chagall – all formerly in the artist’s estate – comprise of paintings, gouaches, drawings and lithographs (read more)
Sale’s total: €5,370,750 more than twice the high presale estimate
Pre-sale estimates: €1,523,700-2,288,700 Number of lots: 50
100% of lots sold with all the lots sold above high estimate
Two lots pre-empted by the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice (Lot 333 et Lot 347)
Buyers from Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

THE TOP LOT OF THE SALE:
Lot number: 324
Work: Orphée, Maquette définitive pour la Mosaïque de la maison John Neff, Washington D.C., 1969
Sold for: €378,000
Pre-sale estimate: €150,000-250,000

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.