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Marc Chagall: Russian, 1887 - 1985

The Greeting
1922/1923: etching and drypoint in black on laid paper; plate: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.); sheet: 48.7 x 35.4 cm (19 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.); Kornfeld 1970, no. 29, State b (artist's proof); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus; 2000.45.4; Not on View

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Inscription

lower left below plate in graphite: Epreuve d'artiste.; lower right below plate in graphite: Marc Chagall

Provenance

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

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.