Marc and Ida Chagall Archive

The Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, a collection of several thousand documents, is the most consequential archive devoted to artist Marc Chagall. Composed of Marc Chagall’s correspondence (1910-1985), the collection is further supplemented by numerous administrative documents, photographs of works, and various documentary resources. For requests relating to the Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, please submit your query via the contact form. The Marc and Ida Chagall Archive reserve the right to communicate archival documents.

Documents Photographs
Family photograph with Marc Chagall posing with his parents and young sisters.

Marc Chagall’s family, Vitebsk, first half of 1900. Center: his parents. Left, his sisters Aniouta and Marioussa. Right: Rosa. Top, from left to right: Marc Chagall, Zina, Uncle Neuch, Lisa, and Mania © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall, in his twenties, posing in an overcoat, holding a hat.

Marc Chagall in Saint Petersburg, June 17, 1910 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Portrait of a young Marc Chagall with curly hair, leaning his head on his hand.

Marc Chagall, 1910 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld as young adults, wearing fur hats.

Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld, circa 1910-1911 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc and Bella Chagall posing with their baby Ida.

Marc, Bella, and Ida Chagall, Petrograd, 1917 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Photographie de groupe de professeurs chaudement habillés, Chagall au centre, dans une salle aux murs recouverts de tableaux.

Members of the Creative Committee of the People’s Art School, Vitebsk, winter 1919. Seated, from left to right: Mikhail Kunine, [unidentified person] Yuri Pen, David Yakerson, Marc Chagall, Lazar Zuperman, Vera Ermolaeva, Kasimir Malevitch. Standing : E. Kabitscher (to the left), N. Rosenfeld (2d from the right) © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Group photograph with Chagall surrounded by warmly dressed young students, in front of several paintings.

Marc Chagall and his students at the Vitebesk People’s Art School, first half of 1919. Standing, from left to right: Lev Tsiperson, Mikhail Veksler. Sitting, from left to right: Lazar khidekel, Marc Chagall, Mikhail Kunin, Ilya Chashnik, Chaim Zeldin. Sitting on floor: Lev Zevin © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Photograph of a group of professors (including several women) sitting on wooden stools, in front of works on paper.

Vitebsk People’s Art School Committee Members, summer 1919. First row, from left to right: El Lissitzky, Vera Ermolaeva, Marc Chagall, Yuri Pen, Aleksandr Romm © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Chagall as a young man, wearing a hat, overcoat, and watch in a dark color.

Marc Chagall, early 1920s © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Photographie de groupe sur un escalier, où les enfants et la plupart des adultes sont vêtus de clair.

Marc Chagall at the colony for Jewish war orphans in Malakhovka, 1920-1922. First row, from left to right: Yekhezkel Dobrushin, Yuli Engel, David Hofstein, and, behind Dobrushin, the writer Der Nister © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Young Marc Chagall painting details with a fine-tipped brush for the Etude pour L’Introduction au Théâtre d’Art juif.

Marc Chagall working at the Etude pour L’Introduction au Théâtre d’Art juif (1920), Malakhovka, 1920-1922 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc and Bella Chagall, next to their daughter Ida, posing on a divan in their living room, with five paintings hanging behind them.

Marc, Bella, and Ida Chagall, in front of I and the Village (1923-1924), Rabbi in Black and White (1914), Birthday (1923), The Blue House (1917-1920), The Gray House (1917), and The Poet Reclining (1915), studio at 110 Avenue d’Orléans, Paris, circa 1923-1924. Photograph: Thérèse Bonney © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Bella posing for Marc Chagall in a living room, with daughter Ida looking on, works entitled Birthday and Double Portrait in the background.

Marc, Bella, and Ida Chagall in front of Birthday (1923) and Double Portrait (1924) in the living room at the studio on 110, Avenue d’Orléans, Paris, circa 1923-1924. Photograph: Thérèse Bonney © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Photographie d'Ambroise Vollard et André Derain avec la famille Chagall, dans une pièce décorée de tableaux et sculptures.

Ambroise Vollard with Maurice de Vlaminck, his wife Berthe Combe, Marc, Ida, and Bella Chagall, in the Vlaminck's studio in Rueil-la-Gadelière, circa 1928 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc, Bella, and Ida Chagall posing and smiling.

Marc, Bella, and Ida Chagall, circa 1925 (?) © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall, sur un balcon, accoudé à la rambarde avec sa fille Ida.

Marc Chagall and his daughter Ida, Marseille, circa 1941 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Pierre Matisse, Marc and Bella Chagall on either side of the painting, more than 2 meters (6.5 feet) high: Double Portrait With a Glass of Wine.

Pierre Matisse with Marc and Bella Chagall in front of Double Portrait With a Glass of Wine, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941. © Fred Stein Archive

An elderly Marc Chagall smiling between two children (one of which is his son), sitting on a staircase. His partner is behind them.

Marc Chagall entouré de Virginia, Jean et son fils David, Vence, 1949. Photographie : Charles Leirens © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Valentine Brodsky, dans le dos de Marc Chagall, pose les mains sur ses épaules en lui souriant.

Marc Chagall and Valentine Brodsky, early 1950s © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall et Tériade rient en se tenant par l'épaule.

Marc Chagall and Tériade in front of Lovers and Poppies or Two Bouquets at High Falls (1948-1952), circa 1952. © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Chagall smiling with hand resting on the head of Clayeux, sitting on the floor, next to Maeght, who is drinking.

Marc Chagall, Louis-Gabriel Clayeux, and Aimé Maeght in front of ceramic mural The Clock (1950-1952), Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1952. © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall souriant discute avec le père Marie-Alain Couturier en habit et Jacques Maritain.

Marc Chagall, Jacques Maritain, and Father Marie-Alain Couturier, circa 1953 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

Marc Chagall, mains jointe, Brigitte Simon et Charles Marq. Tous trois sont debout.

Marc Chagall, Brigitte Simon, and Charles Marq, Reims, circa 1960 © Izis - Manuel Bidermanas.

Marc Chagall and Madame de Vilmorin listening to André Malraux in a gallery, two paintings by Chagall in the background.

Chagall surrounded by Madame de Vilmorin and André Malraux at the Louvre, in front of Song of Songs V (1965-1966) and Song of Songs II (1957), Paris, 1967 © DR, Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

On aperçoit une partie du visage de Chagall, caché entre deux autres personnes floues et de dos.

Marc Chagall, 1977. Photograph: Meret Meyer © Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris.

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