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Portrait de Vava by Marc Chagall, 1953, Oil on panel, mounted on plywood, sold Jun 2019Photo © Ketterer Kunst — view this lot on Ketterer Kunst ↗

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Portrait de Vava

Marc Chagall (Belarusian, 1887–1985) · 1953

€65,000 price realized incl. premium

≈ $73,275≈ £57,637

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Auction history of this work: offered 3 times ↓

Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on panel, mounted on plywood”
Support
Panel
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
29.8 x 24.7 cm
Auction house
Ketterer Kunst
Sale
Modern Art II (487) (487)
Date
June 8, 2019
Location
Munich, Germany
Lot
861
Estimate
€55,000 – — (≈ $62,002) (≈ £48,770)
Source
Auction house kettererkunst.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered 3 times between 2018 and 2021 · sold 3

  1. Portrait de Vava, Ketterer Kunst 2018

    Dec 7, 2018 · Ketterer Kunst

    Classics of the 20th Century II (477), lot 524

    Sold €65,000Sign up to see · est. €70,000

    As catalogued

    Marc Chagall, “Portrait de Vava”, 1953

    Oil on panel, mounted on plywood

    29.8 x 24.7 cm

  2. Portrait de Vava, Ketterer Kunst 2019

    Jun 8, 2019 · Ketterer Kunst this result

    Modern Art II (487), lot 861

    Sold €65,000 +0%Sign up to see · est. €55,000

    As catalogued

    Marc Chagall, “Portrait de Vava”, 1953

    Oil on panel, mounted on plywood

    29.8 x 24.7 cm

  3. Portrait de Vava, Lempertz 2021

    Jun 17, 2021 · Lempertz

    Auction 1177 Modern/Contemporary Art - Evening Sale, lot 86

    Sold €93,750 +44%Sign up to see · est. €60,000 – €80,000

    As catalogued

    Marc Chagall, “Portrait de Vava”, 1953

    Oil on panel, mounted on plywood

    29.8 x 24.7 cm

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