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Marc Chagall (French, born Belarus. 1887–1985. In France 1910–14, 1923–41; U.S.A. 1941–48; France 1948–85.)

Over Vitebsk [Au dessus de Vitebsk]. 1915–20 (after a painting of 1914)

Oil on canvas, 26 3/8 x 36 1/2" (67 x 92.7 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

277.49

Other works by this artist


Provenance:

[Marc Chagall. 1916 - 1923]
Galerie Lutz (Mr. Van Dieman), Berlin. 1923
Sam Salz, Cologne. By 1925
Dresden Museum. Acquired from Salz, c. 1925 -
Kurt Feldhäusser (d. 1944), Berlin. 1936 - 1944
Mrs. Feldhäusser (Kurt Feldhäusser's mother), Berlin and Brooklyn. 1944 - 1949
On consignment at E. Weyhe Gallery, New York (representing Feldhäusser Collection, then given as Private European Collection, Brooklyn), in 1949
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Feldhäusser Collection through Weyhe Gallery, 1949

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