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One says (On dit); The Rabbi, Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
One says (On dit); The Rabbi
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Eine zweite Version aus den 1920er Jahren befindet sich heute im Kunstmuseum Basel (Inv. Nr. 1738).

Marc Chagall

One says (On dit); The Rabbi, 1912

Dimensions
130.0 x 90.0 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
LG 85
Acquisition
On permanent loan from a private collector since 2011
Status
On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 11

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About the Work

“Art seems to me a state of mind more than anything,” Chagall said to his friend Guillaume Apollinaire. Inner worlds are also the theme of the painting ‘One says’, executed in Paris in 1912, in which a rabbi interrupts his perusal of a book to treat himself to a pinch of snuff. Concentrating on yellow, green and black, the work’s palette contributes as much to the painting’s enigmatic atmosphere as it does to the artist’s upside-down signature. In the 1920s, Chagall carried out a second version of this early major work (now in the Kunstmuseum Basel).

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Title
One says (On dit); The Rabbi
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Physical Description
Oil on canvas
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Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert unten rechts, spiegelverkehrt, weiteres unlesbar: Chagall
Work Catalogues
  • Meyer 195

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Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe aus Privatbesitz
Picture Copyright
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Acquisition
On permanent loan from a private collector since 2011

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25.04.2024