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Marc Chagall: Russian, 1887 - 1985

Mother and Son
Mein Leben (My Life): pl. 2 [Kornfeld 1-20] (series)
1922: etching and drypoint in black on laid paper; plate: 27.4 x 21.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.); sheet: 44.4 x 35.4 cm (17 1/2 x 13 15/16 in.); Kornfeld 1970, no. 2, State c; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus; 1996.138.2; Not on View

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lower right in graphite: Marc Chagall; lower left in graphite: 71/110; rest by later hands, across bottom verso in graphite: #581 / #3819 / DAIN / (e) SN 1850

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Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles, 1976; gift to NGA, 1996.

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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

Bibliography

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

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