Greed I
1925
Medium
etching, drypoint, and roulette in red-brown on china paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.8 x 10.9 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 24.9 x 18.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus
Accession Number
1998.82.8
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Marc Chagall · 1887–1985
Marc Chagall, born Moishe Shagal on July 7, 1887, in Liozna near Vitebsk in the Russian Empire (now Belarus), grew up as the eldest of nine children in a devout Jewish family confined to the Pale of Settlement. His father worked as a herring merchant's porter, while his mother sold groceries from home, instilling in young Chagall a deep connection to Hasidic Judaism and Eastern European folklore a...