



Marc Chagall
Interieur aux bouquets, c.1978-80
Pencil on paper
47.6 x 33.6 cm
(18¾ x 13¼ in.)
(18¾ x 13¼ in.)
signature stamp of the estate 'Marc Chagall' (lower left)
£75,000 GBP (+ 5% Import VAT for UK)
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In Intérieur aux bouquets, created in the late 1970s, Marc Chagall returns to the quiet poetry of domestic space - a theme that resonated deeply in his later years. Executed in soft graphite, the drawing radiates intimacy, delicacy, and a sense of gentle observation.
The central bouquet, brimming with flowers and fern-like foliage, rises in loose, expressive lines from a rounded vase, anchoring the composition with calm solidity. Around it, ethereal floral forms drift upward and outward, dissolving into the background with a whisper-like touch. The play of density and openness in Chagall’s linework allows the drawing to breathe, suggesting movement, light, and the passage of time.
A faintly sketched table and chair add subtle depth, grounding the fantastical bouquet in the familiarity of home. Yet even this groundedness is touched with Chagall’s signature dreamlike quality - where flowers seem to think and float, and the inanimate stirs with quiet life.
Intérieur aux bouquets is not simply a still life; it is a meditation on presence, beauty, and the quiet rituals of living. In this drawing, Chagall offers not a grand narrative but a moment suspended in tenderness - where the humble becomes radiant through the gaze of the poet-artist.
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