Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

15 Mère et enfant (200000.–) Tempera, oil and Indian ink on masonite 1981 32×24 cm Dated “198” and signed “Chagall”, lower left; inscribed, signed and dated “Tempera/Chagall /1981”, on the back Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022081) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 Fresh in colours and in immaculate overall condition The subject of mother and child runs like a leitmotif through Chagall’s work. It symbo- lises life and love, just like the rooster and the bright bouquets of flower. The two main characters on horseback enter a new world and time. A work in particularly intense colours, composed in a fine, glazed application of paint Back of the painting, detail ▲ From my painting /My dream flows Marc Chagall, from the poem Combien d’années, 1960–1965 * De mes tableaux Mon rêve coule