Greeting Card (Female Figure with Two Heads)

1978

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

The image shows a torso of a person with two heads, positioned sideways. Both heads are tilting slightly towards each other. The faces have simple, stylized features with closed eyes, curved lines for eyebrows and mouths, and curly dark hair. The person is bare-chested, wearing a simple round-bead necklace. They are holding a bouquet of flowers with red petals and green foliage. The background is a plain, soft canvas with abstract sketches of a house, moon, and other faint outlines around the figure. There is a soft green hue behind the heads.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    5-color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.9 x 11 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.9 x 22 cm (5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.95.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mourlot 1960, no. 934

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus; gift to NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1960

  • Mourlot, Fernand. The Lithographs of Chagall. vol. 1. Monte-Carlo: André Sauret, 1960; Mourlot, Fernand. The Lithographs of Chagall 1957-1962. vol. 2. Monte-Carlo: André Sauret, 1963; Mourlot, Fernand and Charles Sorlier. _The Lithographs of Chagall

Inscriptions

left verso in pen: Merci pour vos voeux / Bonne et heureuse Année / de nous deux / Amitiés. / Vava / Chagall

Wikidata ID

Q75406484

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