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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-nat ionaux-alpesmaritime s.fr/chagall/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-EDH-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Sketch for David on the Harp