Abraham Sutzkever, Tel Aviv (a gift from the artist)
Rina Sutzkever, Tel Aviv (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Abraham Sutzkever, The Fiddle Rose, Poems: 1970-1972, Detroit, 1990, illustrated p. 19

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there is some discolouration to the extreme edges, notably to the lower right and left corners as well as the centre of each edge corresponding to a former mount and not visible when framed. There are some minor spots of discolouration to the background in the lower right quadrant. All four edges are enforced with tape along the verso. This work is in overall good condition. The accompanying envelope is in very good original condition.
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La Pendule et le village is an original illustration for the book The Fiddle Rose by the renowned Yiddish poet, and close friend of Marc Chagall, Abraham Sutzkever. This work is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Sutzkever signed by Marc Chagall twice, once in English and once in Hebrew (Fig. 1).

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.