Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Sketch for David on the Harp

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Sketch for David on the Harp
Alternate Title: 
Esquisse pour David a la harpe
Image View: 
Overall view without frame
Creator: 
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location: 
repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note: 
36 Avenue Docteur Ménard
GPS: 
+43.709167+7.269536
Date: 
1968 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Twentieth century
Work Type 1: 
watercolor (painting)
Work Type 2: 
collage (visual work)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
ink; watercolor; gouache; paper collage on paper
Technique: 
aquarelle (technique); collage (technique)
Subjects: 
contemporary (1960 to present); music; Old Testament and Apocrypha; David, King of Israel; Musical instruments; harp; crown
Description: 
Collage was one of the techniques Chagall used to prepare sketches for his painted compositions; it allowed him to work out large areas of color as bases for superimposed detail and figures in his final painting. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/chagall/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-CHAGALL-EDH-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.