Marc Chagall
The Little Concert
c. 1968
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Marc Chagall
The Little Concert
c. 1968
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Overall: 25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65.1 x 54 cm.)
Framed: 34 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (88.3 x 78.1 x 7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Collection of Naomi Hendler Legum
Object Number
1994.197
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1994; Private Collection; Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York; the artist
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, "Marc Chagall: Recent Painting 1966-1968", November-December 1968 (as "Le petit concert").
Museo d'Arte Moderna Lugano, Switzerland, "Marc Chagall", March 7-July 1, 2001.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Music from the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, January 8, 2005-February 26, 2005; The Washington Country Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 30, 2005-November 20, 2005; The Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, December 9, 2005-February 5, 2006; Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, February 15, 2006-April 9, 2006.
Nara Prefectural Museum, Japan, "Marc Chagall: In Praise of Love and Nature", Nara October 6-December 16, 2007
Peabody Essex Museum, "Midnight to tthe Boom: Painting in India after Independence", February 2-April 21, 2013.
Museo d'Arte Moderna Lugano, Switzerland, "Marc Chagall", March 7-July 1, 2001.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Music from the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, January 8, 2005-February 26, 2005; The Washington Country Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, September 30, 2005-November 20, 2005; The Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, December 9, 2005-February 5, 2006; Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, February 15, 2006-April 9, 2006.
Nara Prefectural Museum, Japan, "Marc Chagall: In Praise of Love and Nature", Nara October 6-December 16, 2007
Peabody Essex Museum, "Midnight to tthe Boom: Painting in India after Independence", February 2-April 21, 2013.
Louis Aragon, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, "Marc Chagall: Recent Painting 1966-1968," New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1968, cat. no. 31, ill. (as "Le petit concert").
Meret Meyer Graber, "Marc Chagall: In Praise of Love and Nature," 2007, p. 51.
Susan S. Bean, "Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence," New York, NY, Peabody Essex Museum in association with Thames and & Hudson, 2013, p. 183 ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: signed, LR, 'Marc Chagall'. VERSO: UC of canvas, 'Marc Chagall (underlined)'; top stretcher bar, 'le petit concert'; middle stretcher bar, (framer's stamp) 'Bosselut/Ile Saint Louis/Tel. 033 46.63'; (ink) to the right of previous, '193 (encircled)'; to the left, piece of tape marked 'APF I'
