Ceramic

Blue Donkey

(L'Âne bleu)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-249
  • 1954
  • Vase
  • ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing
  • 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm)
  • Signed Marc Chagall at the bottom in the middle
  • Pottery studio: Madoura
  • Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (donkey)

Related works

L'Âne bleu, 1971, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1971, white clay, decorated with tempera, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (31 x 21 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2024
L'Âne bleu, 1954, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, added modeled elements glued with barbotine, decoration engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 x 8 11/16 x 8 11/16 in. (33 x 22 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024
L'Âne bleu, 1954, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, The Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, red clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2024
  • Blue Donkey, 1954, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing, 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing, 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing, 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing, 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, ochre clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, pastel added after firing, 12 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31.5 x 19.8 x 22 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (18)

  • Vallauris : Céramiques de peintres et de sculpteurs, Musée de céramique et d'art moderne de Vallauris, Vallauris, France, June 2, 1995 - September 10, 1995
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
  • Schilderen met vuur : De keramiek van Marc Chagall, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, July 1, 2005 - September 11, 2005
  • La terre est si lumineuse : Marc Chagall et la céramique, June 30, 2007 - May 25, 2008
    • Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, France, June 30, 2007 - September 30, 2007
    • La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, October 19, 2007 - January 20, 2008
    • Musée d'art moderne de Céret, Céret, France, February 16, 2008 - May 25, 2008
  • Chagall e il Mediterraneo, Palazzo Blu, Pise, Italy, October 9, 2009 - January 16, 2010
  • Nouveaux regards sur Marc Chagall, June 29, 2013 - June 8, 2014
    • Musée préfectoral d'Art Moderne d'Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan, June 29, 2013 - August 25, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Miyagi, Sendai, Japan, September 3, 2013 - October 27, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfécture d'Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, November 3, 2013 - December 25, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, January 2, 2014 - March 30, 2014
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfecture d'Aichi, Nagoya, Japan, April 17, 2014 - June 8, 2014
  • Chagall : De la poésie à la peinture, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, Landerneau, France, June 26, 2016 - November 1, 2016
  • Chagall : Sculptures, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, May 27, 2017 - August 28, 2017
  • Marc Chagall : The Third Dimension : The Third Dimension, September 16, 2017 - May 6, 2018
    • Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2017 - December 3, 2017
    • Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, December 14, 2017 - February 18, 2018
    • Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan, March 10, 2018 - May 6, 2018
  • Chagall : Du coq à l'âne, Le Doyenné, Brioude, France, July 21, 2018 - October 7, 2018

Publications (17)

  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 97, 98, 99, 100, No. 168, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 173
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 97, 98, 99, 100, No. 168, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 173
  • Vallauris : Céramiques de peintres et de sculpteurs, (exhibition catalogue, Vallauris, Musée de céramique et d'art moderne de Vallauris, June 2,1995 - September 10, 1995), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1995, No. 17, ill. p. 52, p. 79
  • Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 73, ill. p. 136, 137, p. 13
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 73, ill. p. 136, 137, p. 13
  • Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 142-143, p. 142
  • 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, No. 119, ill. p. 134, 135, p. 12, 36, 38, 179, 183
  • La revue de la céramique et du verre, No. 157, 2007, ill. p. 33, p. 32
  • Marc Chagall e il Mediterraneo, (exhibition catalogue, Pise, Palazzo Blu, October 9,2009 - January 16, 2010), Florence, Giunti, 2009, ill. p. 104
  • Marc Chagall : L'épaisseur des rêves, (exhibition catalogue, Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 13,2012 - January 13, 2013), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 2012
  • 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, No. 3-025, ill. p. 464, p. 24, 33, 441, 448, 532
  • Marc Chagall : Rétrospective 1908-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Milan, Palazzo Reale, September 17, 2014 - February 1, 2015), Brussels, Fonds Mercator, Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 2015, ill. p. 279, p. 278
  • Chagall : De la poésie à la peinture, (exhibition catalogue, Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, June 26,2016 - November 1, 2016), Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, 2016, No. 3, ill. p. 162, p. 163
  • Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, fig. 12, ill. p. 27, p. 137
  • Marc Chagall : The Third Dimension, (exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, September 16, 2017 - December 3, 2017 ; Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum, December 14, 2017 - February 18, 2018 ; Aomori, Aomori Museum of Art, March 10, 2018 - May 6, 2018), Tokyo, Curators Inc. Art & Architecture, 2017, No. 026, ill. p. 68, 69, p. 67, 70, 238
  • Chagall : du coq à l'âne, (exhibition catalogue, Brioude, Le Doyenné, July 21,2018 - October 7, 2018), Brioude, Le Doyenné, 2018, ill. p. 61
  • GOLDBERG, Itzhak, Chagall, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2019, No. 297, ill. p. 275

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