Ceramic

The Betrothed

or Two Women

(Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-290
  • 1957
  • Vase
  • red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle
  • 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
  • Signed Marc Chagall and dated 1957 underneath
  • Pottery studio: Madoura
  • Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, inv. G05.19.1

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers)

Related works

Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes, 1962, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024
Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes, 1957, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, pink clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 12 5/8 in. (32 cm), Albertina, Vienne © ADAGP, Paris, 2024
Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes, 1957, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, ochre clay, 14 x 6 5/16 in. (35.5 x 16 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024
  • The Betrothed or Two Women, 1957, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Gardiner Museum, Toronto © Toni HAFKENSCHEID, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Gardiner Museum, Toronto © Toni HAFKENSCHEID/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Gardiner Museum, Toronto © Toni HAFKENSCHEID/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1957, red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Gardiner Museum, Toronto © Toni HAFKENSCHEID/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (2)

  • Bram and Bluma APPEL
  • Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, 2005 (Gift, Bram and Bluma APPEL)

Archive

Exhibitions (3)

  • Marc Chagall : Céramiques, Galerie Madoura, Cannes, France, août 1962 - septembre 1962
  • ON. Permanent Collection Display, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, 2006 - 2017
  • ON. Clay Canvases., Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, February 19, 2009 - August 19, 2009

Publications (7)

  • Marc Chagall : Céramiques, (exhibition catalogue, Cannes, Galerie Madoura, août 1962 - septembre 1962), Cannes, Galerie Madoura, 1962, No. 32
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 232, 233, No. 196, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 175
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 232, 233, No. 196, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 175
  • La terre est si lumineuse : Marc Chagall et la céramique, (exhibition catalogue, Vallauris, Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, June 30, 2007 - September 30, 2007 ; Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 19, 2007 - January 20, 2008 ; Céret, Musée d'art moderne de Céret, February 16, 2008 - May 25, 2008), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 2007, p. 79, 107
  • Nouveaux regards sur Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Sapporo, Musée préfectoral d'Art Moderne d'Hokkaido, June 29, 2013 - August 25, 2013 ; Sendai, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Miyagi, September 3, 2013 - October 27, 2013 ; Hiroshima, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfécture d'Hiroshima, November 3, 2013 - December 25, 2013 ; Shizuoka, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Shizuoka, January 2, 2014 - March 30, 2014 ; Nagoya, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfecture d'Aichi, April 17, 2014 - June 8, 2014), Tokyo, Curators Inc. Art & Architecture, 2013, p. 439, 441, 446, 448
  • GOTLIEB, Rachel, TSOUMIS, Karine, 30 Objects 30 Insights : Gardiner Museum, London, Black Dog Publishing, 2014
  • Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, p. 27, 137

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