Woman with Basket of Fruit
1972
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color lithograph on wove paper [artist's proof]
Dimensions
sheet: 54.4 x 41.5 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection
Accession Number
2011.60.29
Art Historical Context
Marc Chagall's *Woman with Basket of Fruit (1972) is a vibrant color lithograph on wove paper, created as an artist's proof—an exclusive variant pulled for the artist's approval before the full edition. Measuring 54.4 x 41.5 cm, this print captures Chagall's signature dreamlike whimsy, likely featuring a floating female figure with a basket brimming with produce, evoking abundance and folklore. At age 85, Chagall continued his lifelong exploration of love, memory, and Jewish-Russian village life, blending reality with fantasy in this late-career work. As a master of modernism influenced by Cu...
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...