Art, literature & historyThe Actor
1914
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brush and black ink, over traces of graphite on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card
- Dimensions
- Primary support: 16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 17.8 × 14.1 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1992.205
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Actor — Marc Chagall. 1914.
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink, over traces of graphite on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card. Dimensions: Primary support: 16.5 × 13.3 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 17.8 × 14.1 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.