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"Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio" (1945) by Marc Chagall was recently acquired by Ben Uri Gallery. |
LONDON — It was kept on the down low for a while, but a small London gallery has finally revealed one bargain of an acquisition. By not drawing attention to a certain Paris auction last fall, Ben Uri Gallery, a Jewish Museum of Art in London, scored a fantastic deal; they paid a mere $43,000 for an obscure Marc Chagall
gouache painting worth an estimated $1.6 million.
The gallery's silence also avoided any potential hassles with French officials preventing the rare piece from leaving their country.
gouache painting worth an estimated $1.6 million.The gallery's silence also avoided any potential hassles with French officials preventing the rare piece from leaving their country.
The 20"x14" artwork, Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio (1945), depicts a crucifixion to represent the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust. Chagall kept the piece in his personal collection until his death in 1985; the artist's son sold it to a private French collector a couple of years later.
The painting is scheduled to go on display this week at London's Osborne Samuel Gallery.
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