About the Artwork
The Green Circus Rider
1961
Marc Chagall
1887-1985
Russian
Unknown
Oil on wood
Unframed: 25 1/2 × 21 1/4 inches (64.8 × 54 cm) Framed: 32 1/2 × 26 1/2 inches (82.6 × 67.3 cm)
Paintings
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of the Josephine F. Ford Estate
2005.65
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Markings
Signed, lower center front: Marc Chagall
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Marked, label on stretcher: Perls Gallery, no. 6700
Provenance
(Perls Galleries, New York, New York, USA)
November 15, 1963, acquired by Josephine Ford [1923-2005] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
2005-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Marc Chagall, The Green Circus Rider, 1961, oil on wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Josephine F. Ford Estate, 2005.65.
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