The Hen with the Golden Eggs
Marc Chagall
Description
Subject Matter:
This etching comes from a suite of illustrations the artist created for La Fontaine's Fables. This image depicts the fable of the hen with the golden eggs.
Physical Description:
Black and white etching shows a figure of a large hen in the central portion of the image with a small male figure on the middle right side of the image. Darkened tree branches extend from the left middle side to the upper right corner of the image.
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