Maternité, published 1926

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Medium

bound volume with 10 etchings on Van Gelder Zonen laid apper; ball-point pen and crayon drawing added in 1965 on the title page

Dimensions

page size: 21.2 x 15.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 21.5 x 16 x 1.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

Catalogue Raisonné

Kornfeld 1970, no. 65, State -69

Accession Number

1994.90.2

Artists / Makers

Marc Chagall (artist) Russian, 1887 - 1985

Louis Fort (printer) French, active first half 20th century

Marcel Arland (author) French, 1899 - 1986

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Inscription

on title page, lower right in ball-point pen: Marc Chagall; on title page, lower left in ball-point pen: 1926/1965; on title page, upper center in ball-point-pen: Pour Les Pinkus / amicalement.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Pinkus Trustees of the Community Trust created under the Gerhard E. Pinkus and Marianne Pinkus inter, vivos Trust Agreement, dated 10/28/97, Gerhard E. Pinkus and Marianne

Exhibition History

1995: Marc Chagall's Early Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Maternité.

Bibliography

1970: Kornfeld, Eberhard W. Verzeichnis der Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte von Marc Chagall. Band I: Werke 1922-1966. Bern: Kornfeld and Klipstein, 1970.