Goat in the Night

1922/1923

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

This is a drawing of a goat, a person, and a distant silhouette of a rooster on slanted rooftops. The piece is composed in various shades of black and white. The goat dominates the upper left portion of the drawing with its detailed texture and large eye. The distant rooftop leads the eye up to a small figure, a rooster silhouetted against the night sky. The character beneath the goat has a contemplative expression. Multiple shadowy, geometric forms suggest buildings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.2 x 26.1 cm (16 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 53 x 40.2 cm (20 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.45.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mourlot 1960, no. 5

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

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

lower left below image in graphite: 6/35; lower right below image in graphite: Marc Chagall; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Alter Jude mit Tieren u. Haus; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 13; by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: BlG 18105 AL. or; Alter Jude mit Tieren und Haus; GmXNAY

Wikidata ID

Q75121258

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