Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Descent from the Cross
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Descent from the Cross
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Alternate Title:
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La Descente de Croix
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Image View:
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Detail, Jesus is lowered from the cross
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1988-92
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Location Note:
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Avenue Dr Ménard
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GPS:
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+43.709167+7.269536
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Date:
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1968-1976 (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 on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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150 cm (height) x 188 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); New Testament; Jesus Christ; crucifixion; deposition
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Description:
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The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This is a work on loan from the Pompidou Center. (Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-LDC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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