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Marc Chagall / Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers

1912 · Oil on canvas

Chagall paints himself with an oversized seven-fingered hand (a Yiddish expression for working with great skill) while visions of his hometown Vitebsk and of Paris hover behind him.

LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands
Genreself-portrait
Dimensions126 × 107.5 cm

Why it matters

Chagall paints himself at the easel with seven fingers on one hand, working on a version of his painting Of Russia, of Donkeys and Others.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1913 in France.
  • It is part of the Chagall collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
  • The painting on his easel is a reduced version of one of his own works.

Based on the Wikipedia article Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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