La toilette de Tchitchikov

Marc Chagall

1948

  • Titles La toilette de Tchitchikov (Proper)@Les Ames Mortes (Dead Souls) by Nikolai Gogol (Book)
  • Artist Marc Chagall, French, 1887 - 1985
  • Medium etching
  • Dimensions sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (37.6 × 27.8 cm) plate: 10 7/8 × 8 5/8 in. (27.6 × 21.9 cm) mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Given in memory of Judson Shiers Jones, 1909-1988, by his wife, Leah, 1991.1059.1
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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