Wedding Announcement
1964
Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
brown ink and red and blue crayon on printed card
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 16.2 x 22.9 cm (6 3/8 x 9 in.)
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Accession
2011.60.64
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Given by the artist to John U. and Evelyn Steffansson Nef, Washington, D.C., 1964; bequest to NGA, 2010.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2002
Stefansson Nef, Evelyn. Finding My Way: The Autobiography of an Optimist. Washington, DC: The Francis Press, 2002: 233.
2011
Baer, Susan. "The Chagall in the Garden". Washingtonian January 12, 2011 (accessed online: https://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-chagall-in-the-garden/index.php)
Inscriptions
printed on card: Mrs. Evelyn Stefansson / and Mr. John Ulric Nef / announce their marriage / on Tuesday, the twenty-first of April / Nineteen hundred and sixty-four / Washington, District of Columbia; inscribed by the artist along the bottom in brown ink: Vend. 1964 Felicitations / et voeux de nous / Marc / Vava Chagall
Wikidata ID
Q64594876