© Marc Chagall/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Le Vieillard et le chevreau
by Marc Chagall
Artist
Marc Chagall
(Ryssland, 1887 - 1985)
Alternate Title
- The Old Man and the Goat
- Gubben och geten
Date1930
MediumTempera and pastel on cardboard
DimensionsBildmått: 52 × 66 cm
Ram: 70,5 × 85,5 × 7 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest 1989 of Gerard Bonnier
Countries
On view
StockholmObject NumberMOM 437
CollectionsThe Gerard Bonnier Collection
About the artworkAn old man and a kid. The scene radiates tenderness. When Marc Chagall painted this picture he was 43 and had lived in Paris for nearly a decade. Even before the war broke out in 1914, he had lived and worked among the cubists. It was long since he had been to his childhood town, Vitebsk in Belarus. In Vitebsk there were lots of queer old fellows who played the violin and told stories, and lots of goats. The old man and the goat appear to be floating towards the snow (cloud?) in the background. That's often how it is in Chagall's pictures. His childhood memories are like stories. And the storybook characters don't follow the laws of physics. That's why they never die.
Selected exhibition history Marc Chagall (1982-1983) Louisiana, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek Mästerverken åter. Verk av spanska konstnärer ur Samling S. runt den återbördade Picassos Källan. (1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Waldemarsudde - Moderna klassiker (2002-2003) Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm Ur Gerard Bonniers samling (1968) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Mästerverken åter! Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [6 maj - 27 augusti 1995]Moderna klassiker : Moderna Museet c/o Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde : 28/9 2002 - 16/2 2003Ur Gerard Bonniers samling : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [6.6 - 18.8 1968]The Masterpieces are back! : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [May 6th - August 27th 1995]Marc Chagall : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 25/9 - 5/12 1982]
Selected exhibition history Marc Chagall (1982-1983) Louisiana, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek Mästerverken åter. Verk av spanska konstnärer ur Samling S. runt den återbördade Picassos Källan. (1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Waldemarsudde - Moderna klassiker (2002-2003) Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm Ur Gerard Bonniers samling (1968) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Mästerverken åter! Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [6 maj - 27 augusti 1995]Moderna klassiker : Moderna Museet c/o Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde : 28/9 2002 - 16/2 2003Ur Gerard Bonniers samling : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [6.6 - 18.8 1968]The Masterpieces are back! : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [May 6th - August 27th 1995]Marc Chagall : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 25/9 - 5/12 1982]