Anger II

1925

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

Louis Fort

Printer, French, active first half 20th century

The image shows a person in a vertical position, with their head at the bottom of the image. The person's body is fully visible, with one arm extended outward and the other bent at the elbow. The facial features are sketched roughly with dark shadows around the eyes, mouth, and contours. The person has short dark hair and appears unclothed or minimally clothed. The background has an abstract crosshatched pattern with varying densities of lines and shading.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and drypoint in red-brown on china paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.1 x 10.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.9 x 18.9 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.82.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1970, no. 59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Chagall

Wikidata ID

Q75121172

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