Le Clown au Cirque

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Le Clown au Cirque
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Artist Marc 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.

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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]

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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)