Marc Chagall, (Russian, 1887-1985)
The Angel of the Violin, 1939
gouache and ink, signed, dated lower left
dedicated to Bruno Walter
the reverse with gallery labels for: Joan Michelman Ltd, New York, NY, Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York, NY, and an unknown gallery, 4 E. 70th Street, New York, NY
15.5 by 11.5 in, also framed, 28 by 23.5 in.

Provenance: Unknown Gallery, 4 East 70th Street, New York
Joan Michelman Ltd, New York, NY
Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York, NY,
J.M. Stringer Gallery of Fine Art,

Cf. Bruno Walter was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. One of the great late 19th/20th century musicians.

He was born in Berlin in 1876. In 1933 he fled Nazi Germany to France and was naturalized as a French citizen in 1938, in 1939/1940 he moved to the United States where he lived until his death.

He began his career as a pianist but made his debut as a conductor in 1894 at the Cologne Opera. By 1900 he was at the State Opera in Berlin, and in the following year he became Gustav Mahler’s associate in Vienna; the beginning of what was to be a lifetime spent in the promotion of the master’s music.

Good condition, bright,