Lovers in the Sky
Lovers in the Sky

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Lovers in the Sky
Lovers in the Sky

Currently not on view

Lovers in the Sky,

1939

Marc Chagall, French, born in Belarus, 1887–1985
y1952-79

Information

Title
Lovers in the Sky
Dates

1939

Maker
Marc Chagall
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23.5 x 16 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.) frame: 35 x 27.8 x 3 cm (13 3/4 x 10 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Everett E. Rogerson
Object Number
y1952-79
Culture
French
Type
paintings, oil paintings
Materials
canvas, oil paint
Subject
flowers (plants), lovers, men, houses, women, figures (representations)

Albert Roullier Galleries, Chicago (probably by 1947; sold to Rogerson) [1];

Everett E. Rogerson, Chicago (until 1952);

Gift of the above to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:

[1] Per label on reverse. The gallery opened in 1900 and they were at the address printed on the label between 1917 and 1947.

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