Monday, October 26, 2009

Marc Chagall

To continue with my name-dropping streak, I'll share that the same person who brought in the Renoir lithograph also brought in a large color lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887-1985).


















Once again, no pictures of the particular object, but several in the same spirit.




































People drop by other's benches on a pretty frequent basis. There was a visitor (ie another conservator or a technician) at my bench during the examination of the lithograph. She was trying to make some sense of the imagery, then shrugged and said, "Whatever. It's Chagall. That's how he is."


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3 comments:

  1. YnnOctober 28, 2009 at 6:28 AM

    I never quite "got" Chagall, but like the colors. I guess it is what it is.

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  2. MumOctober 28, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    I don't understand Chagall either (really what's with the fish floating above the flowers?)but I can appreciate the childlike style.

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  3. Mary AnnOctober 28, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Was Chagall a product of the surrealist movement? He certainly has an element of surprise to his paintings as noted with fish floating above the flowers.

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