Marie Marevna
Study after Chagall's 'I and the Village'
, 1912-14
Watercolour and charcoal
19 x 14.75 inches
Inscribed
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Provenance
The Artist's Estate
Literature
Marevna became close to Chagall when she settled in Paris in 1912 and she spent many hours in his studio studying his work. This is a rare early study after one of Chagall's most famous pictures (now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York).