Le Renard et le Buste (The Fox and the Bust), Plate 46 from Les Fables de La Fontaine ( La Fontaine's Fables)
Marc Chagall, Russian-French, born Belarus, 1887 - 1985
about 1927-1930; published 1952
Etching and aquatint on Rives wove paper
Edition of 200
Plate: 11 9/16 × 9 3/8 in. (29.3 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (39 × 29.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
PR.963.125
Printer
Maurice Potin, Paris
Publisher
Tériade Editeur, Paris
Geography/Culture
Europe, Russia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Signed, in plate, lower left: ChAgAll; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Chagall / Fables 59-139-46 [in later hand]; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: Le Renard et le Buste [in later hand]; Watermark, lower center: BFK RIVES
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1963.
Catalogue Raisonne
Cramer 22
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