Marc Chagall, New York

1941 (printed later)
(American, 1897–1997)
Image: 30.7 x 25.9 cm (12 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
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Location: not on view

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Born and raised in Russia, Vishniac moved to Germany after the revolution. A Jew, he moved to France to escape the Nazis, and in 1940 immigrated to New York where he began to do portrait work to earn a living. In 1941 he photographed the acclaimed Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall who, like Vishniac, had recently arrived in New York fleeing the Nazis.
Marc Chagall, New York

Marc Chagall, New York

1941 (printed later)

Roman Vishniac

(American, 1897–1997)
America

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