Snow-covered Church

between 1927 and 1928

Marc Chagall Russian, 1887-1985

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About the Artwork

During the winter of 1927–28, Marc Chagall — together with his wife and daughter — visited the French alpine town of Chamonix. With intense colors, he captured the deep blue of the sky and the bright light on the snow. The small church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is in the village of Les Houches, near Chamonix.

Title Snow-covered Church

Artwork Date between 1927 and 1928

Artist Marc Chagall

Life Dates 1887-1985

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Russian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Gouache and graphite pencil on wove paper

Dimensions Sheet: 26 1/2 × 20 1/4 inches (67.3 × 51.4 cm) Framed: 33 × 27 × 1 3/8 inches (83.8 × 68.6 × 3.5 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from The Friends of Modern Art

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 31.61

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Signed Signed, lower right: Marc Chagall

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right edge: [illegible three word inscription]

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1931-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Expressionism 1900-1955. Exh. cat., Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, 1956, (ill.).

"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, June 4, 1978, p. 15 (ill.).

Finch, Christopher. Twentieth-Century Watercolors. New York, 1988, p. 231 (p.l 282).

Marc Chagall. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle. Hamburg, 1959, no. 217 (dated as 1924/25).

Marc Chagall. Exh. cat., Guggenheim Museum. New York, 1975, p. 73, no. 28 (ill.).

Marc Chagall Exhibition. Exh. cat., National Museum of European Art. Tokyo, 1963, no. 150 (ill.).

Meyer, F. Marc Chagall, Leben Und Werke. Cologne, 1961, pp. 366, 754, no. 519 (dated as 1928/ 29).

Werner, A. Chagall Watercolors and Gouaches. New York, 1970, pp. 44-45 (color pl. 12.)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Marc Chagall, Snow-covered Church, between 1927 and 1928, gouache and graphite pencil on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from The Friends of Modern Art, 31.61.

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