Le Clown au Cirque

Le Clown au Cirque
ArtistMarc Chagall
Year1980 (1980)
Mediumtempera and pen and ink on board
Dimensions46 cm × 54.6 cm (18 in × 21.5 in)
OwnerPrivate collection

Le Clown au Cirque is a tempera and pen and ink on board painting by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall, created in 1980. It is held in a private collection.

Description

The painting depicts floating clowns amid the circus ring in the middle of the performance.[1] The subject of circus was dear to the artist.[2] Chagall often returned to the circus as a subject matter in his artworks.[3] He considered clowns, acrobats and actors as tragically human beings who are like characters in certain religious paintings.[4]

Provenance

  • Chalk & Vermilion Fine Art, Greenwich
  • Coast Galleries, Carmel
  • Private Collection, Ohio (acquired in 2000)
  • Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
  • Private Collection (acquired in 2015)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chagall, Marc Le clown au cirque". www.sothebys.com. 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  2. ^ GUIVARCH-TONNARD, Aourell (2016-06-23). "Chagall, de la poésie à la peinture, exposé à Landerneau". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ Venturi, Lionello (1994). Chagall. Genève: A. Skira. p. 39. ISBN 2-605-00267-5. OCLC 233992792.
  4. ^ Chagall : a retrospecitve. Marc Chagall, Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. [New York]: Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc., Inc. 1995. pp. 196–198. ISBN 0-88363-495-3. OCLC 33471293.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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