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Marc ChagallLes Clowns Musiciens1980
1980
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Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, image: 95.3 x 60.4 cm. (37 ½ x 23 ¾ in.), sheet: 116.8 x 75.8 cm. (46 x 29 ¾ in.)
Catalogue raisonné: M.978
In this piece, Chagall depicts a whimsical circus scene in which clowns, acrobats, musicians and half-man, half-animal creatures entertain the audience. Often seen as the artist’s exploration between our reality and a subconscious, dream-like state, Chagall drew inspiration from the theme of the circus throughout his life. As a child in Russia, he had been fascinated by the travelling acrobats he saw at village fairs. After he moved to Paris, the famous art dealer Ambroise Vollard regularly accompanied him to the circus, where he would sit in the audience and sketch. The chaotic and colourful atmosphere of the circus captivated the young artist. Here, he saw all aspects of life represented, from the comic to the tragic. Circus performers, with their outlandish costumes and garish make-up, were ideal characters to populate Chagall's dream-like compositions. Chagall later said, 'for me a circus is a magic show that appears and disappears like a world.'
- Creator:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985, French)
- Creation Year:1980
- Dimensions:Height: 45.99 in (116.8 cm)Width: 29.85 in (75.8 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:This work is unframed.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU47014381032
Marc Chagall
Described by art critic Robert Hughes as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century," the Russian-French modernist Marc Chagall worked in nearly every artistic medium. Influenced by Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism, he developed his own distinctive style, combining avant-garde techniques and motifs with elements drawn from Eastern European Jewish folk art.
Born Moishe Segal in 1887, in Belarus (then part of the Russian empire), Chagall is often celebrated for his figurative paintings, but he also produced stained-glass windows for the cathedrals of Reims and Metz, in France; for the United Nations, in New York; and for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, as well as book illustrations, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine-art prints. Characterized by a bold color palette and whimsical imagery, his works are often narrative, depicting small-village scenes and quotidian moments of peasant life, as in his late painting The Flight into Egypt from 1980.
Before World War I, Chagall traveled between St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin. When the conflict broke out, he returned to Soviet-occupied Belarus, where he founded the Vitebsk Arts College before leaving again for Paris in 1922. He fled to the United States during World War II but in 1947 returned to France, where he spent the rest of his life. His peripatetic career left its mark on his style, which was distinctly international, incorporating elements from each of the cultures he experienced.
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