Violinist on a Bench

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Violinist on a Bench

Russia, 1924/1925
Paintings
Oil on canvas
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Gift of Mary Day McLane (64.6)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1887-1985).

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The artist (1887-1985). [Galerie Katia Granoff by 1928.] Sold to John McLane (1898-1960) around 1947, possibly through [Dalzell Hatfield Gallery] [1]; by inheritance to Mary Day McLane; given in 1964 to LACMA.

[1]: This information is drawn from a letter from the Reverend James McLane to Marc Chagall, February 10, 1948, AMIC-2A-0092-023, Archives Marc et Ida Chagall, Paris. This letter establishes how the work likely came to Southern California, as it mentions a “Los Angeles dealer whose wife acquired this picture last summer from Holland through Jewish friends of theirs.” Out of a handful of Los Angeles dealers selling modern European art at the time, it is very likely that the painting came through Dalzell Hatfield, whose wife, Ruth Hatfield, was very involved in the family business.

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Bibliography

  • Meyer, Franz. Marc Chagall: Life and Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Meyer, Franz. Marc Chagall: Life and Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Kuthy, Sandor; Meret Meyer.  Marc Chagall 1907-1917.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1996.
  • Gauthier, Ambre and Meret Meyer. Chagall and Music. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2016.
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