Ceramic

Red Plate

or Couple and Donkey

(L'Assiette rouge ou Le Couple et l'âne)

Marc CHAGALL

No. C-223
1953
Dish
white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush
at the bottom right corner
on the back
on the back
Atelier de poterie : Madoura

Private collection

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers), Animals (donkey)

Marc CHAGALL, Red Plate or Couple and Donkey (L'Assiette rouge ou Le Couple et l'âne), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (6)

Private collection
Bouquinerie de l'Institut, Paris, France
Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach (Acquired from Bouquinerie de l'Institut, Paris, France)
Andrew Weiss Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1999 (Acquired from Russeck Gallery, Palm Beach)
Sotheby's, New York, United States Of America (May 4, 2006, lot no. 458)
Keno Auctions, New York (October 1, 2014, lot no. 38)

Exhibitions (8)

L'Opera di Marc Chagall : Dipinti - Guazzi - Acquarelli - Disegni - Sculture - Ceramiche - Incisioni, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy, avril 1953 - juin 1953
Marc Chagall : Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, August 25, 1956 - October 21, 1956
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland, October 27, 1956 - November 29, 1956
Marc Chagall : Werke van latere jaren / L'œuvre des dernières années, December 7, 1956 - February 24, 1957
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 7, 1956 - January 14, 1957
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957
Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
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 : Céramiques, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, Paris, France, April 23, 1999 - May 29, 1999

Publications (16)

L'Opera di Marc Chagall : Dipinti - Guazzi - Acquarelli - Disegni - Sculture - Ceramiche - Incisioni, (exhibition catalogue, Turin, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, avril 1953 - juin 1953), Turin, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, 1953, No. 291, p. 60
Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 141, p. 13
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, (exhibition catalogue, Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, October 27,1956 - November 29, 1956), Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, 1956, No. 129
Marc Chagall : Werke van latere jaren, (exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, December 7, 1956 - January 14, 1957 ; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957), Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1956, No. 241
Chagall. L'œuvre des dernières années, (exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957), Brussels, Bruxelles La Conti, 1957, No. 241
Pléiade : Céramiques originales d'artistes contemporains réalisées dans les ateliers Madoura à Vallauris, Dir. Galerie Madoura, (exhibition catalogue, Cannes, Galerie Madoura, août 1961), Cannes, Galerie Madoura, 1961, No. 15
MEYER, Franz, Marc Chagall, Paris, Flammarion, 1964, ill. p. 523
CASSOU, Jean, Chagall, London, Thames & Hudson, 1965, No. 146, ill. p. 214, p. 215, 282
Chagall. L'homme et son œuvre, Paris, Éditions Aimery Somogy, 1966, ill. p. 214, p. 215, 284
Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 389, ill. p. 290, p. 265
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 109, ill. p. 125
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, No. 144, ill. p. n. p., p. 30, 170
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, No. 144, ill. p. n. p., p. 30, 170
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. 16, ill. p. 9, p. 79
Marc Chagall : Céramiques, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, April 23,1999 - May 29, 1999), Paris, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, 1999, ill. p. n.p.
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. 128

Red Plate

or Couple and Donkey

(L'Assiette rouge ou Le Couple et l'âne)

Provenance (6)

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Exhibitions (8)

Publications (16)