Works by Marc Chagall showcased at Sotheby's Palm Beach gallery

One of the most prolific artists of the 20th century is featured in a new exhibit at Sotheby's Palm Beach.

Ten works by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall are on display through Feb. 12 at the auction house's 2,300-square-foot gallery space at the Slat House in Royal Poinciana Plaza.

The pieces include paintings and works on paper that span six decades, said David Rothschild, senior vice president and senior specialist in private sales for Sotheby's. 

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All 10 pieces are available for private sale. They are valued between $500,000 and $3 million, Rothschild said.

Chagall, an early modernist who created works in a wide range of artistic formats, is known forhis distinct abstract style that merged Cubism, Fauvism, and Surrealism.

Throughout his 75-year career, he created dream-like figurative and narrative art that explored his Jewish identity and life in Russia.

Among his most well-known paintings are "I and the Village," which was influenced by Chagall’s memories of his homeland; "White Crucifixion," which depicts the suffering of Jesus and the Jewish people; and "Circus Horse," which captures the festive mood of the circus.

The Palm Beach presentation of his works, which is titled "Marc Chagall: Rěve et mémoire," follows an exhibition of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by contemporary art icons George Condo and Keith Haring.

Sotheby's likes to try different things with the collections it presents in an effort to appeal to a wide audience, Rothschild said.

The Condo and Haring collection marked the debut of Sotheby's new gallery and exhibition space at the Slat House.

Former home to the La Clara real estate agency, the space opened in October.

"We started with Condo and Haring, and we pivoted," Rothschild said. "Chagall is an artist who has received remarkable, critical, institutional and commercial success. Frankly, his contributions to modern art are right up there with Picasso, Matisse and Kandinsky. So we felt that it would be a well-received and exciting exhibition for the Palm Beach demographic."

The Chagall exhibition debuted Jan. 28, and several of the works already have sold, Rothschild said.

Sotheby's Palm Beach is the only scheduled venue for the 10 works featured in Marc Chagall: Rěve et mémoire.

"It's been a great reception," Rothschild said.

The Chagall exhibit is one of two that is on view at Sotheby's Palm Beach.

The other is "In Dialogue: 20th-Century Masters," which showcases a comprehensive selection of paintings, works on paper, and sculpture.

It features works by Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Francis Picabia, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, Françoise Gilot, and many others, Rothschild said.

That exhibition also runs through Feb. 12. 

"'In Dialogue' features an eclectic mix of both modern and post-war works," Rothschild said. "If Chagall is not your aesthetic, we have 20 or so other artworks that are on view that collectors can come and enjoy."

Next up, Sotheby's will present a selection of modern, post-war and contemporary artworks featuring the works of Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and Helen Frankenthaler as well as younger artists like Rashid Johnson and Kerry James Marshall.

That exhibition will run through mid-March, and will be followed by "The Wolf Family Collection: The Spirit of America." Scheduled for March 23-26, the exhibition includes a collection of paintings and watercolors, sculpture, early American furniture, silver, Chinese export porcelain, design, and jewelry from the 18th through 20th centuries.

"We're just always trying to innovate and to be creative, take some chances with very commercial exhibitions like George Condo and Keith Haring, or trying a single artist show like Chagall," Rothschild said. "We're doing everything we can to just appeal to a wide audience to show the diversity that Sotheby's offers on a global scale."

Jodie Wagner is a journalist at the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at jwagner@pbdailynews.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.