The Dog Who Carries His Master's Dinner

1927/1930

Marc Chagall

Associated Names
Marc Chagall

Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985

Ambroise Vollard

Editor, French, 1866 - 1939

This is a drawing of a dog carrying a basket. The image depicts a spotted dog holding a basket filled with items in a pastoral setting. The drawing uses strong lines to define the dog's form, while the background features lighter renderings of trees and a distant landscape. The style is expressive, with an emphasis on texture and line work rather than precise realism, conveying a sense of movement and character in the dog. The background landscape appears somewhat dreamlike or abstract.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black with scraping and burnishing on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.6 x 23.8 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 41.9 x 33.5 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.138.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1970, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles, 1967; gift to NGA, 1996.

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.

Inscriptions

lower left plate: chagall; lower right in graphite: Marc Chagall; lower left in graphite: 81

Watermarks

Nude in circle (?)

Wikidata ID

Q75121286

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