Shaharazad's Night | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M13330
People: Marc Chagall, Russian (Vitebsk, Belarus 1887 - 1985 Saint-Paul, France)
Title: Shaharazad's Night
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: "Four Tales from the Arabian Nights," 13
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1948
Culture: Russian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/250935

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

design: 37.7 x 28.5 cm (14 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Marc Chagall
inscription: lower margin below design, left and right, graphite, handwritten, signed: Pl 13 II/10- Marc Chagall
inscription: lower left corner of sheet, graphite, handwritten: X-2688 [dealer's stock number(?)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, January 7, 1957.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: M. 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1957
Object Number: M13330
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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