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The Praying Jew
painting by Marc Chagall
- Date
- 1923WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1923 (one of two versions after a 1914 composition)
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 116.8 × 89.4 cmArt Institute of Chicago
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 391Art Institute of Chicago
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1937.188Wikidata
- Credit line
- Joseph Winterbotham CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1937 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Summer Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture, June 7–October 30, 1932.
Chicago, Art Institute, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, p. 80, cat. 725, pl. LXXIV, as Portrait of a Rabbi, n.d.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Centennial Exposition, June 6–November 29, 1936, p. 42, cat. 21, as Portrait of a Rabbi, n.d.
Toledo Museum of Art, Contemporary Movements in European Painting, November 6–December 11, 1938, p. 16, cat. 13 (ill.), as Rabbi, 1914.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, 20th Century Portraits, December 9, 1942–January 24, 1943, pp. 22, 64, and 135, as The Rabbi of Vitebsk, 1914; traveled to the Baltimore Museum of Art, February 12–March 7, 1943, and the Worcester Art Museum, March 24–April 18, 1943.
Chicago, Arts Club, Marc Chagall, January 2–31, 1945, n.p., cat. 28, as The Rabbi, n.d.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Marc Chagall, April 4–June 23, 1946, pp. 31, 34–35, 53, and 87, cat. 18 (ill.), as The Praying Jew (The Rabbi of Vitebsk), 1914; traveled to Chicago, Art Institute, November 14, 1936–January 12, 1947.
Chicago, Art Institute, The Winterbotham Collection, May 23–June 22, 1947, pp. 5 and 9–10 (ill.), as the Rabbi of Vitebsk, 1914.
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Marc Chagall: Peintures 1908–1947, October 17–December 22, 1947, n.p., cat. 19, as Le Rabbin en Priere, n.d.; traveled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, December 8, 1947–January 12, 1948, p. 13, cat. 17, as De rabbijn in gebed, 1914.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, organiser, Marc Chagall, p. 7, cat. 18, pl. VIII, as The Praying Jew, 1914; traveled to London, Tate Gallery, February 4–29, 1948.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Winterbotham Collection of 20th Century European Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 8–November 5, 1949, no cat.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Biennial Festival of the Arts, Paintings: 1900–1925, February 2–March 4, 1951, n.p., cat. 7, as The Rabbi, 1914.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Man and His Years, October 19–November 21, 1954, pp. 31–32, cat. 69 (ill.), as The Rabbi of Vitebsk, 1914.
Chicago, First National Bank, Chagall Window, September 12, 1972.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Chagall, 1985, hors. cat.; traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art May 12–July 7, 1985 (Philadelphia only).
Nagaoka, Japan, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, April 20–May 29, 1994, pp. 110–111, cat. 31 (ill.), as The Praying Jew, 1923 copy of a 1914 work; traveled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; and Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6–September 25, 1994.
New York, The Jewish Museum, Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change, 1890-1990, September 21, 1995–January 28, 1996, pp. 158 and 248, fig. 17, as The Praying Jew (The Rabbi of Vitebsk), 1923.
Berne, Museum of Fine Arts, Marc Chagall 1907–1917, 1995, hors. cat.; traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 19, 1996–January 5, 1997 (Los Angeles only).
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.
Roubaix, France, La Piscine (Musée d'art et d'industrie André-Diligent), Marc Chagall: The Cry of Freedom, Oct. 7, 2023–Jan. 7, 2024, cat. 65; Madrid, Fundación MAPFRE, Jan. 31–May 5, 2024, Nice, France, Musée National Marc Chagall, June 1–Sept. 16, 2024, as Rabbin en noir et blanc / Juif en prière [Rabino de blanco y negro / Judío rezando].
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago23700
- Wikimedia CommonsThe Praying Jew.jpg
- inventory number1937.188
- WikidataQ20272660
- Fame rank#69311 (0 Wikipedia articles)