Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Clown Playing the Violin
Alternate Title:
Clown jouant du violon
Image View:
Detail, clown figure with violin
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note:
1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
1941-1942 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American; French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
watercolor (painting)
Classification:
Drawings and Watercolors
Material:
gouache; pastel; colored ink; colored pencil; graphite on paper
Technique:
aquarelle (technique); drawing (image-making)
Measurements:
61.9 cm (height) x 49 cm (width)
Subjects:
music; Musical instruments; Performing arts; folkloric; clowns; street performers
Description:
Chagall took French citizenship in 1937, but, with his wife Bella, he was forced to seek asylum in the USA in 1941 after he had been briefly imprisoned under the Vichy government in Marseille. Clowns and street performers were a common motif. From a private collection. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-CPV-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Clown Playing the Violin