From the Fables: the Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat (III:vi)

Accession Number
1964/2.128

Title
From the Fables: the Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat (III:vi)

Artist(s)
Marc Chagall

Artist Nationality
Belorussian (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1928-1931

Medium & Support
etching on paper

Dimensions
11 ⅝ in x 9 3/10 in (29.53 cm x 23.65 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kripke

Label copy
One of a series of 100 prints illustrating La Fontaine's "Fables", commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, 1927; unpublished during his lifetime, but published in two volumes, editions of 200 by Teriade, Paris, 1952.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
cats
eagles
modern and contemporary art

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