Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

10 L’échelle de Jacob à l’ange rouge (150000.–) Oil and coloured ink on canvas 1973 33×21.9 cm Signature stamp of the estate “Chagall”, lower left Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022068) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 Fresh in colours and in flawless condition Jacob’s Dream, in which the ladder to heaven is read as a metaphor for his long ge­ nealogy, is an important subject in Chagall’s œuvre. Angels dance around the ladder and become the link between the earthly and the divine Marc Chagall working on Le songe de Jacob, Vence, 1956 ▲ An angel grabs me and hoists me up the ladder / Extinguished souls sing Marc Chagall, from the poem Sur le pays neuf, 1955–1960 * Un ange m’empoigne et me hisse sur l’échelle Des âmes éteintes chantent