Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Costumes for Paris Opera Ballet Production, Daphnis and Chloe
Image View:
Costume of two shepherdess, left, male soldier, right
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 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:
1958-1959 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
costume (character dress)
Work Type 2:
theatrical mask
Classification:
Fashion, Costume and Jewelry
Material:
fabrics; paint
Technique:
appliqué (technique); construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
apparel; literary or legendary; music; mythology (Classical); Performing arts; folkloric; dreamlike; dance; ballet; Ancient Greece
Description:
In 1958, the Paris Opera commissioned Chagall to design the sets and costumes for the ballet “Daphnis and Chloe” by Maurice Ravel and Mikhail Fokine (commissioned by Serge de Diaghilev in 1909). Inspired by the ancient Greek novel of Longus (2nd century CE), it describes the multiple twists that prevent Daphnis, young goatherd, and Chloe, shepherdess, to live their love. The first performance with Chagall's sets and costumes was at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1958, choreographed by Serge Lifar, before being taken over by Georges Skibine in Paris the following year. Chagall also produced a series of 42 color lithographs, created as he created the sets and costumes. He was inspired by a visit to Greece and the contrasts of sunlight, blue sea and stone. (Source: Philharmonie de Paris; Marc Chagall, le triomphe de la musique (pdf); http://chagall.philh armoniedeparis.fr/do cs/dp-expo-chagall.p df)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
8A1-CHAGALL-DAC-C-A0 3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Costumes for Paris Opera Ballet Production, Daphnis and Chloe