Houses at Vitebsk, 1917

Not on View

Medium

oil on paper on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 47.3 x 61.3 cm (18 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.)

framed: 73 x 87 cm (28 3/4 x 34 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John U. Nef and Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince

Accession Number

1973.7.1

Artists / Makers

Marc Chagall (artist) Russian, 1887 - 1985

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Inscription

lower right: Marc Chagall

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by (Dr. Herbert Tannenbaum [1892-1958], Das Kunsthaus, Mannheim); sold to Theodore Franck [d. 1953], Berlin and Los Angeles; by inheritance to his daughter, Mrs. Felix Gelber, Los Angeles;[1] (Perls Galleries, New York); purchased 1 August 1973 by NGA.

[1] The provenance of the painting is given in a letter of 8 January 1973 from Klaus G. Perls, director of Perls Galleries, to Charles Parkhurst (in NGA curatorial files). Theodor Franck was director of the Deutsche Bank in Berlin; his daughter brought the painting to the United States. Tannenbaum's Mannheim gallery exhibited Chagall in 1924 and again in 1927; it is likely the Houses at Vitebsk was sold on one of these occassions. On Tannenbaum see Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist - seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept, exh. cat., Mannheim, Reiß-Museum der Stadt Mannheim, 1994.

Associated Names

Frank, Theodor
Gelber, Felix, Mrs.
Perls Galleries
Tannenbaum, Herbert, Dr.

Exhibition History

2004: Verehrt und Verfemt -- Chagall und Deutschland, Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt; Stiftung "Brandenburger Tor" der Bankgesellschaft Berlin, Max Liebermann Haus, 2004, no. 23, pl. 21.

2007: Mark Chagall and Jewish Mysticism, Utsunomiya Museum of Art; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu; Chiba City Museum of Art, 2007, no. 15, repro.

2012: Chagall, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, 2012, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 11.

2013: Chagall, Modern Master, Kunsthaus Zürich; Tate Liverpool, 2013, no. 46, repro..

2014: Marc Chagall: Una retrospettiva 1908-1985, Palazzo Reale, Milan; Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2017: Chagall et la musique, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, not in catalogue.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 64, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 84, repro.