The Fox and the Grapes

1927/1930

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

Ambroise Vollard

Editor, French, 1866 - 1939

The image contains a cluster of grapes in the upper left corner and a smaller rough, textured object resembling flowers or leaves in the lower right corner. The color palette is monochromatic with varying shades of black and white. The grapes occupy the upper portion of the image, while the smaller object contrasts against the minimally detailed background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.7 x 23.7 cm (11 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.8 x 33.4 cm (16 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.82.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1970, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

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

1989

  • Breicha, Otto. Marc Chagall: Die 100 Radierungen zu den Fabeln von La Fontaine. Salzburg: Sigrun Loos, 1989.

Inscriptions

lower left below plate mark in graphite: ZS; lower right below plate mark in graphite: Marc Chagall

Wikidata ID

Q75121282

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