Scène De Cirque is an oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall, from c. 1970. It is held in a private collection.
| Scène de Cirque | |
|---|---|
| English: Circus Scene | |
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| Artist | Marc Chagall |
| Year | 1970 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 72.7 cm × 91.7 cm (28.6 in × 36.1 in) |
| Owner | Private collection |
Description
editThe canvas features acrobats, trapeze artists and clowns. The subject of circus was dear to the artist.[1] Chagall often returned to the circus as a subject matter in his artworks.[2] He considered clowns, acrobats and actors as tragically human beings who are like characters in certain religious paintings.[3] Among other Post-Impressionist and Modern painters who featured the circus in their works are Georges Seurat, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Kees van Dongen, and Fernand Léger.[3]
Provenance
editThe painting has been estate of the artist till 1998 when it was sold to private collector. In 2017 it was acquired by a private American collector at Sotheby's.[4]
Exhibitions
edit- Reykjavik, National Gallery of Iceland, The Reykjavik Arts Festival, 1998
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ GUIVARCH-TONNARD, Aourell (2016-06-23). "Chagall, de la poésie à la peinture, exposé à Landerneau". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ Venturi, Lionello (1994). Chagall. Genève: A. Skira. p. 39. ISBN 2-605-00267-5. OCLC 233992792.
- ^ a b Chagall : a retrospecitve. Marc Chagall, Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. [New York]: Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc., Inc. 1995. pp. 196–198. ISBN 0-88363-495-3. OCLC 33471293.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Chagall, Marc, Scène de Cirque". www.sothebys.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.