Oracle over Babylon
Artist
Marc Chagall
French, b. Belarus, 1887 - 1985
Date1956
MediumHand-colored etching
DimensionsSheet: 21 × 15 1/4 in. (53.3 × 38.7 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 26 × 22 3/4 in. (66 × 57.8 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 26 × 22 3/4 in. (66 × 57.8 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineA Gift from Mary P. Moriarty
Object number2021.2
On View
Not on viewSignedinitialled lower right
InscribedAt the center of the top edge is "Chagall"
Markings59/100
Verso: graphite inscription 92[?], label with blue stamp ink and blue ink that reads 'RE 010533'
DescriptionFrom the Bible series published 1956. Black ink and hand-applied watercolors on medium weight, mould-made wove ARCHES paper. There is an 'ARCHES' watermark at the bottom center edge of the paper. Flying figure with green wings. Below the flying figure are smaller human and animal figures.Exhibition History“Recent Acquisitions,” Whitney-Renz Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, May 6-June 4, 2023.ProvenanceSears Vincent Price Collection; purchased by Mary Patricia Moriarty, 1965 [1]; gifted to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.[1] According to conversations between Curator Bryn Schockmel and Doug Taylor, son of Mary Moriarty, on May 6, 2023 and with Mary Moriarty on May 14, 2023 at The Hyde Collection
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