
Le violoniste bleu
1929
A dreamlike figure of a fiddler emerges in luminous shades of blue, rendered in Chagall's signature blend of folk tradition and poetic fantasy. The musician floats against a richly colored background, his violin singing with a spiritual intensity that evokes the Jewish village life and Eastern European heritage so central to the artist's vision. Applied in opaque gouache on paper, the work radiates a jewel-like vibrancy, with Chagall's gestural brushwork lending the composition both intimacy and otherworldly enchantment.
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
November 25, 2018
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