Village Street
Marc Chagall
(Russian (active in France), 1887–1985)
1930s
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions46 x 38.1 cm (18 1/8 x 15 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Anna Feldberg
Accession number1978.156
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower right: Chagall MarcProvenance1936, sold by the artist to Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York [see note 1]; 1937, given by Guggenheim to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; 1969, sold by the Guggenheim Museum to the Eva Lee Gallery, New York; sold by the Lee Gallery to Anna Feldberg, Boston; 1978, bequest of Anna Feldberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 12, 1978)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance was provided in a letter from Angelica Rudenstine, Guggenheim Museum, to Lucretia H. Giese, MFA (May 3, 1978). That Mr. Guggenheim purchased it directly from the artist is specified not in the letter, but in notes in the MFA curatorial file.
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NOTES:
[1] The provenance was provided in a letter from Angelica Rudenstine, Guggenheim Museum, to Lucretia H. Giese, MFA (May 3, 1978). That Mr. Guggenheim purchased it directly from the artist is specified not in the letter, but in notes in the MFA curatorial file.
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