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서커스 사이드쇼

Georges Seurat French

1887– 88년

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825

쇠라가 파리 코르비 서커스 입구에서 열린 사이드쇼 진행자들을 묘사한 이 작품은 정교한 점묘법으로 시간적 초월감과 신비감을 자아냅니다. 아홉 개의 반짝이는 가스등에서 뿌연 빛이 흘러나오는 난간 있는 무대에서, 단장(오른쪽)과 악단(왼쪽)이 표를 살지 말지 망설이는 군중을 향해 연주를 선보이고 있습니다. 구경꾼들이 쓰고 있는 각양각색의 모자가 풍자적이고 리드미컬한 분위기를 더합니다. 쇠라는 1887년 봄에 파리의 노동자 거주 지역에 세워진 페르낭 코르비의 유랑 서커스를 스케치하면서 이 작품에 착수했으며, 몇 차례의 습작을 통해 작품을 발전시켰습니다. 작품 활동 시기가 비교적 짧았던 쇠라가 남긴 여섯 점의주요 인물화 중 하나인 서커스 사이드쇼는 그가 최초로 그린 밤을 배경으로 한 그림이자, 최초로 대중오락을 주제로 그린 그림입니다.

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

제목: 서커스 사이드쇼

아티스트: 조르주 쇠라, 프랑스, 1859– 1891년

연대: 1887– 88년

재료: 캔버스에 유채

크기: 99.7 × 149.9cm

크레디트 라인: 스티븐 C. 클라크 유증, 1960

작품 번호: 61.101.17

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