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استعراض في سيرك

Georges Seurat French

1877 - 1888م

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825

أضفى سورا، بفضل تمكّنه من تقنية التنقيط، صبغةً لازمنيّةً غامضةً على استعراض سيرك كورفي بباريس. إذ سعى قائد الركح (على اليمين) والموسيقيّون (على اليسار)، فوق منصّة مفصولة بحاجز تُضيئها أنوارٌ منبعثةٌ من تسعة مصابيح غاز تومض، إلى حشد المشاهدين المحتملين الذين يُضْفون بقبّعاتهم المختلفة في صدر الصورة شيئًا من الإيقاع والسخرية. وقد شرع الرسّام في عمله سنة 1887م بتخطيطات لسيرك فرنان كورفي المتجوّل الذي حطّ رحاله، آنذاك، في حيّ عمّاليّ بباريس. وأعدّ، بعد ذلك، لوحته من خلال دراسات تمهيديّة. وتُمثّل لوحة استعراض السيرك إحدى اللّوحات الستّ كبيرة الحجم في حياة سورا المهنيّة القصيرة. وهي، إلى ذلك، أولى لوحاته اللّيليّة وأولى اللّوحات المخصّصة للترفيه الشعبيّ.

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Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. The Corvi Circus at the Gingerbread Fair, cours de Vincennes, Paris, 1906. Postcard. Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseilles

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Fig. 2. Georges Seurat, "The Tree," 1887–88. Conté crayon on paper, 11 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (30 x 24 cm). Private collection

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Fig. 3. Georges Seurat, "Trombonist," 1887–88. Conté crayon with white chalk on paper, 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (31.1. x 23.8 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986

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Fig. 4. Georges Seurat, "Ferdinand Corvi and Pony," 1887–88. Conté crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (29.5 x 22 cm). Private collection

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Fig. 5. Georges Seurat, "Study for 'Circus Sideshow',” 1887–88. Ink squared in graphite on paper, 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (12.5 x 19 cm). Menard Art Museum, Aichi, Japan

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Fig. 6. Georges Seurat, "Study for 'Circus Sideshow',” 1887–88. Oil on wood, 6 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (16.5 x 26 cm). Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection, Zürich

Fig. 7. "Circus Sideshow" with a diagram of Seurat's compositional grid

Fig. 8. Detail of "Circus Sideshow" (central area), macro-X-ray fluorescence map of calcium distribution, showing the chalk lines of the compositional grid and some underdrawing

Fig. 9. (right) Detail of "Circus Sideshow" (bottom right corner). (left) Macro-X-ray fluorescence map of cobalt and nickel distribution, same area, showing initial large dots of cobalt blue with no detectable cobalt (in red) and subsequent small dots of cobalt blue rich in nickel (in pink)

العنوان: استعراض في سيرك

الفنان: جورج سورا.فرنسيّ، 1859 – 1891م

التاريخ: 1877 - 1888م

الوسيط: زيت على القماش

المقاسات: 99.7 × 149.9 سم

الخط التمويلي: وصيّة ستيفا س. كلارك، 1960م

رقم الوصول: 61.101.17

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