Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

11 Esquisse pour “La chute d’Icare” (225000.–) Oil and tempera on canvas 1974 41×33 cm Signature stamp of the estate “Marc /Chagall”, lower right Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022063) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 On the original stretcher from the supplier Maison Franco, Nice. Fresh in colours and in immaculate overall condition The preparatory study for the large-format painting La chute d’Icare, which is now in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, demonstrates impressively how Chagall worked out the composition and colours from oil sketches. The painting shows the unbelievably powerful and dynamic composition of the picture La chute d’Icare, 1974, oil on canvas, 213×198cm, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, dation 1988 ▲ I fly in your skies / As I fly, my life is covered/ And I no longer know the way Marc Chagall, from the poem Ma source, 1950 * Je vole dans tes ciels Comme je vole, se couvre ma vie Et je ne sais plus le chemin