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Sothebys: Marc Chagall, Symphony of Dreams. Works from the Artist's Estate, pf2575, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025
Page Size: 75 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Marc Chagall

Les Amoureux dans le ciel

1986 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,255.00
52 Marc Chagall

Les Amoureux dans le ciel

1968 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,048.00
53 Marc Chagall

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

1922-23 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 3,810.00
54 Marc Chagall

Die Schildwache

1923-44 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 2,413.00
55 Marc Chagall

Selbstbildnis mit Grimasse (Self-Portrait with Grimace)

1924-25 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
56 Marc Chagall

Selbstbildnis mit lachendem Gesicht (Self-Portrait Laughing)

1924 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,302.00
57 Marc Chagall

Selbstbildnis mit lachendem Gesicht (Self-Portrait Laughing)

1924-25 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,286.00
58 Marc Chagall

Selbstbildnis mit dem verzierten Hut (Self-Portrait with the Decorated Hat)

1928 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,159.00
59 Marc Chagall

Frontispiece

1962-8 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,525.00
60 Marc Chagall

Lithographies Volume III (Two Works)

1974 EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
61 Marc Chagall - Camille Bourniquel

La Feerie et le Royaume. 1972. 10 original lithographs. Limited edition of 205 copies on Arches vellum.

Paris, 1972 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
62 Marc Chagall

Dans le ciel a Saint Paul

1974 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
63 Marc Chagall - Robert Marteau

Les Ateliers de Chagall. 1976. 6 original lithographs, including one signed. One time issue in 270 copies on Arches vellum.

Paris, 1976 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,096.00
64 Marc Chagall

Le Chevalet; and L'Artiste a la Chevre (Two Works)

1978 and 1984 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,350.00
66 Marc Chagall - William Shakespeare

The Tempest. 1975. 50 original lithographs. Limited edition of 270 copies on Arches vellum.

Monte-Carlo, 1975 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,556.00
67 Marc Chagall - Andre Malraux

Et sur la terre... 1977. 15 original etchings. One of the 25 first copies with an proof on Japan Imperial paper, signed.

Paris, 1977 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,620.00
69 Marc Chagall

A Collection of Eight Etchings

1967 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
72 Marc Chagall

L'Ile de Poros

1980 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 22,860.00
73 Marc Chagall

Songes. 1981. One of the 60 rare suite of etchings, printed in a very limited number of copies, all signed and numbered.

Geneve, 1981 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 95,250.00
74 Marc Chagall

Soleil aux amoureux

1968 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,985.00
77 Marc Chagall

Le nuage aux amoureux

1968 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
78 Marc Chagall

Les Amoureux en Gris (Four Works)

1951-57 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
79 Marc Chagall

Bouquet a la main; La Maison; and Le Paysan (Three Works)

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,890.00
81 Marc Chagall

Le profil bleu

EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
82 Henri Laurens

Dialogues de Lucien. 1951. 24 original color woodcuts. One of the 25 privately printed copies. Signed.

Paris, 1951 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,143.00
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