The Seine and Eiffel Tower
1926/1927
Artist, Russian, 1887 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 15.7 x 9.4 cm (6 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
page size: 22 x 13.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1994.90.3.a
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Catalogue Raisonné
Kornfeld 1970, no. 74, State IIb
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1994.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Marc Chagall's Early Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Ouvert la Nuit.
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 in graphite: Marc Chagall; lower left in graphite: 36/120
Wikidata ID
Q75122003