In Marc Chagall Femme pres de la fenetre (Woman by a Window), 1964, with delicacy and emotion, Chagall portrays an unaccompanied woman gazing into the Parisian landscape. Flooded with dewy light, we peer with our subject as she stares out into daybreak. Hazy blues wash the dreamlike scene as she faces a window opening to a lustrous bouquet of vibrant blossoms. The overlay of blue over the whole composition creates a dawn atmosphere, and the brilliant flowers are somewhat subdued by the early morning light. With gracefully posed hands, her gesture denotes feelings of awe as she marvels Paris, the city of light and love. Emanating with presence and expression, Chagall’s use of symbolism and color reverberate with sentiment and love, themes that carry throughout his most cherished pieces.

Created in 1964, this color lithograph is hand-signed in pencil by Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul, 1985) in the lower right margin. This work is numbered from the edition of 50 in the lower left margin.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:

Marc Chagall Woman by a Window (Femme pres de la fenetre), 1964 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoice accompanying the final sale of the work).

1. Gauss, Ulrike, ed., Marc Chagall: The Lithographs, La Collection Sorlier. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 1998. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 420

2. Mourlot, Fernand & Sorlier, C.,The Lithographs of Chagall, Vol. III 1962 – 1968. Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, Inc, 1969. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 420.

3. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:

Marc Chagall Woman by a Window (Femme pres de la fenetre), 1964 is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.