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Marc Chagall

Grand visage et oiseau (Large Face and Bird)

c. 1950–52

On View

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  • Artist Marc Chagall (French, b. Russia, 1887–1985)
  • Title Grand visage et oiseau (Large Face and Bird)
  • Date c. 1950–52
  • Medium Polychromed and glazed terracotta
  • Dimensions unframed | 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, Eliza McMillan Fund, 1954
  • Object number WU 3846
  • Currently on View until December 30, 2025

"When I'm 64": Artists in Their Later Years
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 08/28/2024 - 12/30/2024

Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960

Céramiques des grands maîtres contemporains
Nérolium (Vallauris, France), 07/26/1952 - 09/14/1952

Marc Chagall, Céramiques, sculptures et Les Fables de La Fontaine
Galerie Maeght (Paris, France), 03/21/1952 - 04/20/1952

Marc Chagall: Sculpture, Ceramics, Etchings for the Fables of La Fontaine
Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, New York), 11/18/1952 - 12/13/1952

1954
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York

Inscription On base, in black ink: Chagall / 1952

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