The Lovers

Marc Chagall  (French, Vitebsk 1887–1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence)

Date:
1913–14
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 x 53in. (109.2 x 134.6cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
Accession Number:
1999.363.14
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Provenance

    Gustave Coquiot, Paris; private collection, California (about 1951); Adolphe A. Juviler, New York (about 1956); his heirs, New York; [Stephen Hahn, New York, and Acquavella Galleries, New York, 1972]; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1975]; private collection, Switzerland (1976); [Galleria Marescalchi, Milan, about 1983]; private collection, Italy (1984); [Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1984]; Jacques and Natasha Gelman, New York (1984–his d. 1986; her d. 1998)

  • Exhibition History

    New York: Perls Galleries, Marc Chagall, March 12 - April 14, 1956, cat. no. 3.

    New York, 1956, cat. no. 3; Hamburg, and Munich, 1959, cat. no. 33, ill.; Paris, 1959, cat. no. 42, ill.; Basel, 1984-85, cat. no. 6, ill. (as per Gelman Catalogue)

    Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Marc Chagall, June - October 1959, cat. no. 42, ill.

    Basel: Galerie Beyeler, Marc Chagall, November 1984 - February 1985, cat. no. 6, ill.

    Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Marc Chagall, June - October 1988.

    New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 12, 1989 - April 1, 1990. London, England: Royal Academy, April 19 - July 15, 1990. ¦Gelman Collection¦. Cat. illus. p. 135 in color, discussed pp. 134-136.

    Mexico: Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, ¦Chagall en Nuestro Siglo¦, October 1991 - January 1992. Cat. no. 13, pp. 72-73, illus.

    Martigny, Suisse: Foundation Pierre Gianadda, ¦De Matisse à Picasso: Collection Jacques et Natasha Gelman¦, 18 juin-1 novembre 1994. Rédaction du catalogue: William S. Lieberman, Auteur du catalogue: Sabine Rewald, Textes de: Dawn Ades, John Ashbery, Jacques Dupin, John.

    New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, ¦Jacques and Natasha Gelman Galleries: The School of Paris¦, opened June 2001.

    Kyoto,Japan: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, September 14-November 24, 2002; Tokyo: The Bunkamura Museum of Art, December 7, 2000 - March 9, 2003, Picasso and the School of Paris, Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. plate 27, p.76, illus. in color.

  • References

    Cassou, Jean. Chagall. Translated by Alisa Jaffa. New York and Washington, 1965, no. 32, ill. p. 53.

    Compton, Susan. Chagall (exhib. cat.). London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1985, p. 37, no. 39, p. 191, ill. p. 16.

    Coquiot, 1923, ill. [pp. 10-11]; Estienne, 1951, ill. p. 19; Kloomok, 1951, pl. 12; Meyer, 1963, p. 204, ill. p. 213; Cassou, 1965, no. 32, ill. p. 53; Compton, 1985, p. 37, no. 39, p. 191, ill. p. 16. (as per Gelman Catalogue)

    Estienne, Charles. Chagall. Paris, 1951, ill. p. 19.

    Kloomok, I. Marc Chagall: His Life and Work. New York, 1951, pl. 12.

    Lieberman, William S. and Rewald, Sabine. Twentieth Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, p. 134-136, ill. in color.

    Meyer, Franz. Marc Chagall: Life and Work. Translated by Robert Allen. New York, 1963, p. 204, ill. p. 53.

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