The Talmud Teacher

1922

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

The image shows a person standing in a slightly tilted pose with their right hand extended outward and their left hand at their side. The person has an elongated and angular face with exaggerated features, including large eyes and a prominent nose. They are wearing a dark bowler hat and a patterned suit. A small figure is standing on their shoulder, also wearing a hat and suit, with one arm raised. The background features Yiddish text to the left and elements resembling parts of a building, such as a hand holding an object out of a window and a bird sitting on the roof corner. The style is abstract, focusing on linear elements and shading.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper (artist's proof)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 x 18.9 cm (9 5/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.6 x 27 cm (14 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.45.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1970, no. 9, State a? (artist's proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

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

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 below plate in graphite: Marc Chagall; lower left below plate in graphite: 1/3; by later hand, lower right in graphite: [K?] 9; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: [?]142

Wikidata ID

Q75121122

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