Auktion 277 : Marc Chagall - Forty Paintings 17.06.2022

16 Trois bouquets pour la maternité (275000.–) Tempera, oil and Indian ink on canvas circa 1974–1976 27×35 cm Signature stamp of the estate “Marc /Chagall”, lower right Confirmation of authenticity (no. 2022092) from the Comité Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 18 May 2022 Fresh in colours and in immaculate overall condition Chagall loved to paint interiors with a table, lush bouquets and a window in the back- ground. He often painted these still lives in his Paris flat at the Quai d’Anjou on the Île Saint-Louis overlooking the opposite bank of the Seine. The pictorial space thus becomes the link between outside and inside; here the flowers celebrate motherhood and the family New flowers grow near me / And their scent wakes me from sleep Marc Chagall, from the poem Ma source, 1950 * Des fleurs nouvelles poussent près de moi Et leur odeur me tire du sommeil