Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Mauve Nude
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Alternate Title:
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Nu Mauve
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
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GPS:
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+45.4987-73.5801
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Date:
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1967 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint and sand on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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allegory; animal; folkloric; dreamlike; goat; harlequin; flowers; village
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Description:
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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.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-MNU-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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