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Grandfather's House

1922

Marc Chagall

Associated Names

Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

This abstract image depicts a house with bold black lines, including a steeply peaked roof, two windows, and a smaller roof in front. Atop the roof is a rounded figure on a brick chimney, holding a cylindrical object. Below, a figure on stairs appears to gesture upward. The open window and angular lines suggest elements of a domestic interior. The overall style is surreal and unconventional.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and drypoint
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1947.12.24
Catalogue Raisonné

Kornfeld 1970, no. 12, State ii/ii c

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

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

Bibliography

1970

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

Wikidata ID

Q65080913

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