Invitation for Musée National's "Marc Chagall's Biblical Message Exhibition"
1973
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5-color lithograph
Dimensions
image: 11 x 15 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 11 x 30 cm (4 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus
Accession Number
1997.95.8
Art Historical Context
This vibrant 5-color lithograph, created by Marc Chagall in 1973, served as an invitation to the Musée National's "Marc Ch's Biblical Message Exhibition." Measuring just 11 x 15 cm for the image on a slightly taller sheet, its intimate scale made it perfect for mailing, drawing admirers into Chagall's dreamlike world. Now part of the National Gallery of's print collection through the generous gift of Mr and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pink, it captures the artist's enduring fascination with biblical themes. Chagall, a Russian-born Jewish artist (1887–1985) renowned for his poetic, surreal style blending ...
About the Artist
Marc Chagall
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...