Artist Monograph

Marc Chagall, French

French, born Belarus. 1887–1985

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Etching 663 56.8%
Gouache 109 9.3%
Watercolor 59 5.1%
Drawing 36 3.1%
Lithography 31 2.7%
Other Media 25 2.1%
Oil Painting 3 0.3%
Printmaking 3 0.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 1163 99.6%
Painting & Sculpture 3 0.3%
Architecture & Design 2 0.2%

Production by Decade

1
0s
2
1900s
13
1910s
655
1920s
119
1930s
279
1940s
42
1950s
26
1960s
31
1970s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 1031
  • Drawing — 74
  • Print — 58
  • Painting — 3
  • Design — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)73863.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)41736%
Large (1–3 m)30.3%

Range: 4.5 cm → 192.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19401
19411
19441
194570
19475
19483
194923
19512
19523
19547
19551
195810
19631
1964964
19653
196625
19671
19681
19751
19781
197931
19921
200110
20031
20221

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 503" — 1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1068 Henri Matisse
  4. 907 Pierre Bonnard
  5. 632 Georges Rouault