Ceramic

Elijah’s Chariot

(Le Char d'Élie)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-78
  • 1951
  • Vase
  • red ochre clay, added modeled elements glued with barbotine, terracotta proof
  • 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (32 x 24 x 26 cm)
  • Pottery studio: Madoura
  • Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (horse)

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Le Char d'Élie, 1951, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, Elijah’s Chariot (Le Char d'Élie), 1951, red clay, decorated with slips and oxides, underglaze, 12 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (32 x 20.5 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Etude pour le vase Le Char d'Elie, 1951, Works on paper by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, Etude pour le vase Le Char d'Elie (Etude pour le vase Le Char d'Elie), 1951, 26 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (66.5 x 52 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2025

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  • Elijah’s Chariot, 1951, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Elijah’s Chariot (Le Char d'Élie), 1951, red ochre clay, added modeled elements glued with barbotine, terracotta proof, 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (32 x 24 x 26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Elijah’s Chariot (Le Char d'Élie), 1951, red ochre clay, added modeled elements glued with barbotine, terracotta proof, 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (32 x 24 x 26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Elijah’s Chariot (Le Char d'Élie), 1951, red ochre clay, added modeled elements glued with barbotine, terracotta proof, 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (32 x 24 x 26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (7)

  • La terre est si lumineuse : Marc Chagall et la céramique, June 30, 2007 - May 25, 2008
    • 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
  • Marc Chagall : L'épaisseur des rêves, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, October 13, 2012 - January 13, 2013
  • 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

Publications (3)

  • 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, No. 105, ill. p. 133, p. 53, 256
  • 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. 37, ill. p. 81, p. 239
  • Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, p. 26, 137

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