Self Portrait with a Laughing Expression
View Similar Items
Marc ChagallSelf Portrait with a Laughing Expression1924-25
1924-25
About the Item
- Creator:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985, French)
- Creation Year:1924-25
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Santa Monica, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU48288542
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.
Marc Chagall remains one of the past century’s most respected talents — find his art on 1stDibs.
- "Two Women" Pair EtchingsBy Marie LaurencinLocated in Rio Vista, CAElegant pair of etchings by Marie Laurencin (French 1883-1956) from the "Poemes de Sapho" published in 1950 ref. 273. Each beautifully mounted in fram...Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
MaterialsEtching
$2,000 Sale Price20% Off - Rufino Tamayo, "Personaje con Sombrero" 1979By Rufino TamayoLocated in Los Angeles, CA"Personaje con Sombrero" is a superb figurative abstraction by the renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. An aquatint and etching in colors printed on a full sheet of watermarked woven handmade paper. The full sheet measures 29 5/8 inches H. x 22 inches W. Framed dimensions are 40 3/4 inches H. x 33 inches W. Signed "R Tamayo" and numbered "40/99" in white crayon by the artist. Printed and published by Poligrafa, Barcelona in 1979. Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) is a modern master whose legacy is rooted in his contributions across a variety of media, including mural and easel painting, drawing, and the graphic arts. Produced between 1925 and 1991, his graphic work includes woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, and Mixografia prints — a new technique that was developed in the early 1970s to allow him to produce his prints in relief. Tamayo is one of the most celebrated Mexican Artists of the 20th Century. Heavily influenced by pre-Columbian art...Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
MaterialsAquatint, Etching
- "Oiseau sur fond carmin (Oiseau XIV)"By Georges BraqueLocated in Köln, DEOne of the main motifs in Georges Braques late printmaking oeuvre is the bird. By depicting the bird as itself or the flight of birds, Braque found what he called the "still life of ...Category
1950s Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsAquatint
Price Upon Request - "Les trois oiseaux en vol"By Georges BraqueLocated in Köln, DEOne of the main motifs in Georges Braques late printmaking oeuvre is the bird. By depicting the bird as itself or the flight of birds, Braque found what he called the "still life of ...Category
1960s Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsAquatint
Price Upon Request - no title / "Oiseau bleu"By Georges BraqueLocated in Köln, DEOne of the main motifs in Georges Braques late printmaking oeuvre is the bird. By depicting the bird as itself or the flight of birds, Braque found what he called the "still life of ...Category
1950s Modern Animal Prints
MaterialsAquatint
Price Upon Request - Le Petit Pierrot aux FleursBy (after) Pablo PicassoLocated in ZEIST, UTPablo Picasso (d’Apres)– Le Petit Pierrot aux Fleurs Color Aquatint on Chine Collé on Japan paper support, ca. 1960 Hand signed in pencil, lower right...Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching