amazing, but pretty common story: a long time, Chagall's paintings hung quietly in the museum and did not cause no one doubts. And now in Japan, doubts arose. Pictures removed from the catalog and the exhibition itself. Back there, they are now in a museum in the old as - that's the issue.

This was the first museum exhibition in Japan. Pictures «family», «Violinist» and «Portrait of a Woman» see 45 thousand people in Tokyo, and then the exhibition has moved to Osaka and there Muckraking the Japanese sent a request to the Committee Shagal, which controls the use of the artist in the world. It was found that there is nothing about these scenes can not say.

Meret Meyer, granddaughter of Marc Chagall: «We have raised all the archival material, documents, and understand that this is not a step. Two other paintings, too, led us to the same conclusion. We asked them to withdraw from the exhibition ».

Jean-Louis Prat, president of Marc Chagall: «There is daily work, studied all the materials. We can simply look at the picture and to understand: it is true or not ».

Meret Meyer, granddaughter of Marc Chagall: «Before leaving Russia in Vitebsk, Chagall gave drawing lessons. It is obvious that he has left many students who could work his way ».

Samih paintings not seen by the Committee. Organizers of the exhibition in Japan will not put these paintings in other cities, while Moscow's Museum does not hold direct talks with the Committee.

Director of the museum - Vasili Tsereteli (he is in Venice) said September 11, NTV, which flies to Paris in the near future. He described the history of the acquisition of one of these paintings. It is - extraordinary.

Vasily Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art: «When Chagall was in Vitebsk, he drew the girl - her first love. This work, he gave her. Then there was the reference to Asia, she went there with his picture. This link was a Georgian, he bought her the job there. I came to Georgia. Later he became director of a wine factory. And in what year, I do not remember, but Zurab Konstantinovich bought this picture from his vnuchek. He came and saw that she was there nobody needs and acquired ».

Vasily Tsereteli speculated that the pictures do not fall into the complete catalog of Chagall for the simple reason that they never leave the USSR. At the same time, curator of collections Tretyakov Gallery said that this work has not prevented a good assessment.

Ekaterina Selezneva, chief curator of the State Tretyakov Gallery: «From the Vice-President" of Chagall's "I heard that one of these works are already available to them, it seems, from Amsterdam. They questioned and asked the owner of the additional information requested about the person. But no more of it than it was ».

If the museum decides to conduct a review with the Committee Chagall, this will be the first time that experts «Committee» see these paintings alive. Own Museum experts are confident that this step - true.

Source: ntv.ru