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Plate 55, from The Fables of La Fontaine

A work made of etching with hand-coloring on white wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of etching with hand-coloring on white wove paper.

Date:

1952

Artist:

Marc Chagall
French, born Belarus, 1887-1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Marc Chagall

Title

Plate 55, from The Fables of La Fontaine

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

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Published 1952

Medium

Etching with hand-coloring on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 30 × 23.7 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 38.6 × 30 cm (15 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1954.1022

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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