Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

14 David et Bethsabée au grand bouquet (300000.–) Oil, tempera and Indian ink on canvas 1970–1975 45.7×33.1 cm Signature stamp of the estate “Marc /Chagall”, lower middle Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022059) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 Fresh in colours and in immaculate overall condition The great singer and psalmist King David plays his harp; a subject that keeps recurring in Chagall’s œuvre. King David is a symbol of creativity in the Jewish and Old Testament Christian religions. Angels surround him, and below we can see his lover Bathseba. The bouquet of life blooms luxuriantly I breathe, I live / I seek, I seek you/ I believe you with me Marc Chagall, from the poem Des chemins, 1945–1950 * Je respire, je vis Je cherche, je te cherche Je te crois avec moi