Marc Chagall Lot n° 175

CHAGALL, MARC 1887 Vitebsk - 1985 St. Paul de Vence Title: Nimrod. Technique: Mixed media on strong Japan. Measurement: 45 x 33cm. Notation: Signed lower left: MARC ChAgAll. Inscribed and titled verso lower right: D2694 chaseur Nimrod (underlined) page 8. Here additionally equipped with the estate stamp. This work is accompanied by a certificate from Mr David MacNeil, Succsession Marc Chagall, Paris, dated 29 January 1987. Provenance: - Galerie Ehrensperger, Zurich (according to consignor) - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia - Nimrod depicted with a quick, sure stroke - The biblical figure of Nimrod is regarded as the builder of the Tower of Babel and as a symbol of human arrogance and rebellion against God - Religious themes play a major role in Chagall's oeuvre, influenced by his childhood in a Hasidic community in Russia Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.