Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Mauve Nude
Alternate Title:
Nu Mauve
Image View:
Overall view without frame
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:
1967 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint and sand on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; animal; folkloric; dreamlike; goat; harlequin; flowers; village
Description:
In a private collection. Chagall added sand to the oil paint to give it more texture. Many of his familiar motifs are here; a figure blowing a shofar, a blue goat; a small village at the bottom of the painting and a Harlequin figure.
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-MNU-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Mauve Nude