Grandfather's House

1922

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

The image shows a scene with two people in an abstract setting. One person is sitting on a chimney at the peak of a roof, holding a round object. The second person is standing on a small set of stairs next to a house wall, looking up at the person on the chimney. The background includes faint outlines of buildings and trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 x 16 cm (8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 26.3 cm (13 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.138.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1970, no. 12, State IIc

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles, 1961; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Chagall Early Graphic Works, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972-1973, no. 13.

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 right in graphite: Marc Chagall; lower left in graphite: 81/110

Wikidata ID

Q75121097

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