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Auction Name Marc Chagall, Symphony of Dreams. Works from the Artist's Estate Total Sales (EUR) 1,339,850.00
Auction Date April 09, 2025 - April 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 853,600.00
Sale Number #pf2575 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,237,800.00
Total Lots 75
Sold Lots 69 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 934,600.00
% of Lots Sold 92.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,347,800.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45 Marc Chagall

Cirque. 1967. 38 lithographs. Limited edition of 270 copies on Arches vellum.

1967 EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 152,400.00
16 Marc Chagall - Longus

Daphnis et Chloe. 1961. 42 original lithographs in color. Limited edition of 270 copies on Arches vellum. One of Chagall's masterpieces.

1961 EUR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 EUR 114,300.00
73 Marc Chagall

Songes. 1981. One of the 60 rare suite of etchings, printed in a very limited number of copies, all signed and numbered.

1981 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 95,250.00
42 Marc Chagall - Jean de La Fontaine

Les Fables 1952. 102 etchings. One of the first 40 copies, with the plates hand-painted by Chagall, including two suites, one on Japan nacre, the other on Montval. 4 volumes.

1952 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 76,200.00
28 Marc Chagall

Prophete d'Isaie (Planche III)

1963 EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 EUR 63,500.00
29 After Marc Chagall

Nine Maquettes: Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem

1964 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 57,150.00
18 Marc Chagall

La charrette

1965 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 53,340.00
2 Marc Chagall

Paris

1965 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
17 Marc Chagall - Homere

L'Odyssee. 1975. 82 original lithographs. Limited publication of 270 copies on Arches vellum.

1974-1975. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 50,800.00
13 Marc Chagall - Nicolas Gogol

Les Ames mortes. 1948. 118 original etchings. One of the 50 first copies with a suite on Japan nacre.

1948 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 38,100.00
43 Marc Chagall

L'Acteur

1966 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 38,100.00
26 Marc Chagall

Bible. 1956. 105 original black etchings. Limitation in 295 copies on Montval paper.

1956 EUR 24,000.00 - 35,000.00 EUR 35,560.00
21 Marc Chagall

Mein Leben (My Life) (16 Works)

1922 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,480.00
1 After Marc Chagall

La flute enchantee

1967 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 27,940.00
41 Marc Chagall

Psaume de David. 1980. Precious suite of 32 original etchings and aquatints, signed. Limited edition of 40 copies on Arches vellum

1980 EUR 14,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
48 Marc Chagall

Poemes. 1968. 24 color woodcuts, including 3 with collage. 212 copies published on Rives vellum.

1968 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,400.00
72 Marc Chagall

L'Ile de Poros

1980 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 22,860.00
7 After Marc Chagall

Aleko

EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
62 Marc Chagall

Dans le ciel a Saint Paul

1974 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,510.00
78 Marc Chagall

Les Amoureux en Gris (Four Works)

1951-57 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,240.00
9 Marc Chagall

L'Arc-en-ciel

1969 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
3 Marc Chagall - Louis Aragon

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire. 1976. 25 original color etchings and aquatints. Limitation of 225 copies on Rives vellum.

1976 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
81 Marc Chagall

Le profil bleu

EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
4 Marc Chagall

Le magicien de Paris II

1970 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
10 Marc Chagall

L' Accordeoniste

1957 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
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    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
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