Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Clown Playing the Violin
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Alternate Title:
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Clown jouant du violon
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Image View:
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Detail, clown figure with violin
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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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1941-1942 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American; French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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watercolor (painting)
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Classification:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Material:
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gouache; pastel; colored ink; colored pencil; graphite on paper
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Technique:
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aquarelle (technique); drawing (image-making)
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Measurements:
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61.9 cm (height) x 49 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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music; Musical instruments; Performing arts; folkloric; clowns; street performers
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Description:
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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.oxfordartonline.com/)
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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-CPV-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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