Event Date27 MAR – 11 APR 2023 | Online 22420

Chagall et la Musique Oeuvres provenant de la succession de l’artiste

Paris
Closed
Sale Total EUR 5,370,750

27 MAR – 11 APR 2023

Sale Overview

Quel meilleur thème que la musique dans l’œuvre bien-aimé et coloré de Chagall ? Les cinquante oeuvres suivantes de Chagall – toute provenant de la succession de l’artiste – comprennent des tableaux, des gouaches, des dessins et des lithographies, qui émettent chacun un son différent, que ce soit une ballade, un hymne, une arabesque, une symphonie, une sonate ou qui parfois explose en un magnifique concerto joué par un orchestre très unique. Formant un ensemble d’œuvres couvrant près de soixante-ans de production artistique de 1927 à 1984, cette sélection rend hommage à l’inépuisable imagination et création de Chagall, ou plutôt sa capacité de se ré-inventer. L’artiste polyvalent d’origine de Vitebsk ne cesse jamais de trouver de nouvelles techniques et mediums, ainsi que de nouvelles variations de compositions et de sujets. En parcourant cette vente de cinquante lots, un rythme remarquablement joyeux ponctué de couleurs, lignes, formes et motifs, insuffle la vie à chacune de ces œuvres. La collection déploie l’œuvre de Chagall comme une partition de musique ou une bande originale, définie par des crescendos et decrescendos, par de la musique russe folklore et de la musique classique, par des opéras et des ballets, par un lento, adagio, moderato ou allegretto, et même par des voix (notamment celle de Bella), afin d’obtenir au final une œuvre musicale belle et élaborée, qu’on prend du plaisir à écouter encore aujourd’hui.

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What better theme than music in Chagall’s beloved and colourful oeuvre? The following fifty works by Chagall – all formerly in the artist’s estate – comprise of paintings, gouaches, drawings and lithographs that each resonate a ballade, a hymn, an arabesque, a symphony, a sonata and sometimes even bursts into a wonderful concerto played by a very unique orchestra. As an ensemble of a wide range of works reflecting almost sixty years of artistic production that spans from circa 1927 to 1984, this selection bears witness to Chagall’s inexhaustible imagination and creation, or rather of re-invention. The Vitebsk-born multi-faceted artist always seeks innovative techniques and mediums, and variations of compositions and subjects. Browsing through this sale of fifty lots, a strikingly joyful rhythm of colours, lines, shapes and patterns breathes life to each and every one of those artworks. The collection deploys Chagall’s oeuvre as a musical score or soundtrack, punctuated by crescendos and decrescendos, by both folkloric Russian and classical music, operas, and ballets, by a lento, adagio, moderato or allegretto, and even by voices (especially Bella’s), to finally result in a beautiful and elaborate musical piece that we all enjoy listening to still today.

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