Scene de Cirque
ArtistMarc Chagall
Year1970 (1970)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions72.7 cm × 91.7 cm (28.6 in × 36.1 in)
OwnerPrivate collection

Scène De Cirque (circa 1970) is an oil on canvas painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall.

Description

The 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

The 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]

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Venturi, Lionello (1994). Chagall. Genève: A. Skira. p. 39. ISBN 2-605-00267-5. OCLC 233992792.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ "Chagall, Marc, Scène de Cirque". www.sothebys.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
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