Why it matters
A green-faced man and a goat gaze at each other amid floating images of Chagall's home village: houses, a church, a milkmaid and an upside-down violinist. It blends Belarusian and Yiddish folklore with Cubist construction.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1911.
- It draws on Chagall's memories of his birthplace.
- It is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Based on the Wikipedia article I and the Village (CC BY-SA 4.0).
