Bouquet près de la fenêtre
1959–1960 painting by Marc Chagall
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Bouquet près de la fenêtre (English: Bouquet by the Window) is an oil on canvas painting by Marc Chagall, from 1959–1960. Franz Meyer, Chagall's biographer (and son-in-law), called it one of Chagall's finest flower paintings.[1]
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| Artist | Marc Chagall |
| Year | 1959–1960 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 149.8 cm × 120 cm (59.0 in × 47 in) |
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The lovers in the painting are Chagall and his second wife Valentina Brodsky. His first wife and the great love of his life, Bella Rosenfeld, floats in the upper-left as a ghostly apparition dressed in bridal white. The view in the foreground is of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, near where Chagall settled the last four decades of his life.[2]
The painting fetched £3,218,500 at a Christie's auction, in London, on 23 June 2015.[2]