Moses on the Mount, c. 1930

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series Title

The Bible (transfer drawing for pl. 37)

Medium

graphite on wove tracing paper (transfer drawing)

Dimensions

overall: 33.8 x 24 cm (13 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard E. Pinkus

Accession Number

1998.82.12

Artists / Makers

Marc Chagall (artist) Russian, 1887 - 1985

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Inscription

lower right in graphite (by later hand?): Chagall; lower right in graphite: (3 Hebrew letters meaning "Thou shalt not"); lower center verso in graphite: 21/2

Provenance

Louis Fort, Paris; Maurice Loncle, Paris; (Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, May 1952, no. 21); Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Pinkus, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Fort, Louis
Gutekunst & Klipstein
Loncle, Maurice
Pinkus Trustees of the Community Trust created under the Gerhard E. Pinkus and Marianne Pinkus inter, vivos Trust Agreement, dated 10/28/97, Gerhard E. Pinkus and Marianne