Marc Chagall
Le Loup devenu Berger (The Wolf becomes a Shepherd) — La Fontaine's Fable
c. 1927
From the La Fontaine Fables series commissioned by Ambroise Vollard in 1925. Certified by the Marc Chagall Committee, 30 January 2020. Exhibited at Bernheim-Jeune Gallery Paris, Le Centaure Gallery Brussels, and Alfred Flechtheim Gallery Berlin (all 1930); Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret (28 Oct 1995 – 8 Jan 1996); Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice (13 Jan – 25 Mar 1996). Documented in Franz Meyer, *Marc Chagall*, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1961, illustration #434. Specific provenance chain available under DDNDA.
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Medium
Gouache on paper
Signed lower right
Dimensions
51 × 41.5 cm (sight) · 83.5 × 73.5 cm with frame
Viewing Location
Private collection, Czech Republic — disclosed under DDNDA
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Literature
- 01Franz Meyer, *Marc Chagall*, Harry N. Abrams Publishers, New York, 1961 — illustration #434 (b&w)
- 02Exhibition catalogue, *Marc Chagall, Les Fables de La Fontaine*, Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret, 1995–1996, p. 59
- 03Exhibition catalogue, *Marc Chagall, Les Fables de La Fontaine*, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, 1996, p. 59
- 04Certification — Marc Chagall Committee — 30 January 2020