Ceramic

Earthly Paradise

(Le Paradis terrestre)

Marc CHAGALL

No. C-308
1959
Wall ceramic
white clay, decorated with oxides and black slips, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush
10 x 19 _15/16 in. (25.4 x 50.7 cm)
Signed ChAgAll at the bottom right corner
on the back

Keywords:

Bible (paradise / garden of eden)

Marc CHAGALL, Earthly Paradise (Le Paradis terrestre), 1959, white clay, decorated with oxides and black slips, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 10 x 19 _15/16 in. (25.4 x 50.7 cm) © ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (3)

Private collection
KOLLER AUKTIONEN AG, Zürich, Switzerland (June 20, 2008, lot no. 3291, unsold)
KOLLER AUKTIONEN AG, Zürich, Switzerland (December 5, 2008, lot no. 3325, unsold)

Exhibitions (3)

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 : Peintures, Sculptures, Céramiques. 1920-1983, Musée d'art Mercian, Karuizawa, Japan, April 7, 1996 - July 7, 1996
La Côte d'Azur : Le mythe méditerranéen, Musée Matisse, Nice, France, June 27, 1997 - October 20, 1997

Publications (8)

FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 47, No. 211, ill. p. n. p., p. 19, 33, 177
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 47, No. 211, ill. p. n. p., p. 19, 33, 177
Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes, 1949-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Vence, Fondation Emile Hugues, July 2,1994 - October 30, 1994), Arcueil, Anthèse, 1994, No. 154, p. 176
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. 21, ill. p. 49, p. 80
Marc Chagall. Peintures, Sculptures, Céramiques. 1920-1983, (exhibition catalogue, Karuizawa, Musée d'art Mercian, April 7,1996 - July 7, 1996), Karuizawa, Musée d'art Mercian, 1996, No. 43, ill. p. 98
La Côte d'Azur et la modernité : 1918-1958, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée Matisse, June 27,1997 - October 20, 1997 ; Vence, Fondation Emile Hugues, June 28,1997 - October 19, 1997), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1997, No. 1401
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. 28, 35, 57
La revue de la céramique et du verre, No. 157, 2007, p. 29

Earthly Paradise

(Le Paradis terrestre)

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