Ceramic

The Flight into Egypt

(La Fuite en Egypte)

Marc CHAGALL

No. C-34
1950
Plate
grog, decorated with slips and oxides, partially enameled with brush
12 _3/16 x 12 _3/16 x 0 _13/16 in. (31 x 31 x 2 cm)
Signed ChAgAll and dated 1950 on the back
Atelier de poterie : Madoura

Private collection

Keywords:

Bible (holy family)

The critical reception of Marc Chagall's ceramics in the 1950s

Sofiya Glukhova - 09/2024

Marc CHAGALL, The Flight into Egypt (La Fuite en Egypte), 1950, grog, decorated with slips and oxides, partially enameled with brush, 12 _3/16 x 12 _3/16 x 0 _13/16 in. (31 x 31 x 2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024
Marc CHAGALL, The Flight into Egypt (La Fuite en Egypte), 1950, grog, decorated with slips and oxides, partially enameled with brush, 12 _3/16 x 12 _3/16 x 0 _13/16 in. (31 x 31 x 2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2024
Marc CHAGALL, The Flight into Egypt (La Fuite en Egypte), 1950, grog, decorated with slips and oxides, partially enameled with brush, 12 _3/16 x 12 _3/16 x 0 _13/16 in. (31 x 31 x 2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (1)

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Exhibitions (19)

Marc Chagall : Céramiques, sculptures et Les Fables de La Fontaine, Galerie Maeght, Paris, France, March 21, 1952 - April 20, 1952
Marc Chagall : Sculptures, Ceramics, Etchings for the Fables of La Fontaine, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, United States Of America, November 18, 1952 - December 13, 1952
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
Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes. 1949-1985, Fondation Emile Hugues, Vence, France, July 2, 1994 - October 30, 1994
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
Chagall : Arts décoratifs, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, June 30, 2004 - September 6, 2004
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
Marc Chagall en Terre Promise : Chagall et la Bible, Scriptorial d'Avranches, musée des manuscrits du Mont Saint-Michel, Avranches, France, June 14, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Chagall e il Mediterraneo, Palazzo Blu, Pise, Italy, October 9, 2009 - January 16, 2010
Marc Chagall und die Bibel, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany, October 6, 2012 - January 13, 2013
Marc Chagall : Rétrospective 1908-1985, September 17, 2014 - June 28, 2015
- Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, September 17, 2014 - February 1, 2015
Chagall : De la poésie à la peinture, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, Landerneau, France, June 26, 2016 - November 1, 2016

Publications (22)

France-Illustration, 1951
Marc Chagall : Sculpture, ceramics, etchings for the Fables of La Fontaine, (exhibition catalogue, New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, November 18,1952 - December 13, 1952), New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1952, No. 20, p. 16
BACHELARD, Gaston, « La lumière des origines », Derriere le miroir : Chagall, No. 44-45, 1952, p. 1 - 4
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. 278, p. 59
Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 144, p. 13
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, (exhibition catalogue, Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, October 27,1956 - November 29, 1956), Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, 1956, No. 107
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. 230
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. 230
MEYER, Franz, Marc Chagall, Paris, Flammarion, 1964, No. 852, ill. p. n. p., p. 759
L'Abeille, No. 27/67, 1967, ill. p. 18
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 71, ill. p. 88
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 169, No. 89, ill. p. n. p., p. 19,164
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 169, No. 89, ill. p. n. p., p. 19, 164
Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes, 1949-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Vence, Fondation Emile Hugues, July 2,1994 - October 30, 1994), Arcueil, Anthèse, 1994, No. 144, ill. p. 134, p. 176
Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 42, ill. p. 83
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 42, ill. p. 83
Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 91, p. 90
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. 46, ill. p. 73
Marc Chagall e il Mediterraneo, (exhibition catalogue, Pise, Palazzo Blu, October 9,2009 - January 16, 2010), Florence, Giunti, 2009, ill. p. 222
Marc Chagall und die Bibel, (exhibition catalogue, Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, October 6,2012 - January 13, 2013), Köln, Wienand, 2012, No. 92, ill. p. 135, p. 233
Marc Chagall : Rétrospective 1908-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Milan, Palazzo Reale, September 17, 2014 - February 1, 2015 ; Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, February 28, 2015 - June 28, 2015), Brussels, Fonds Mercator, Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 2015, ill. p. 317
Chagall : du coq à l'âne, (exhibition catalogue, Brioude, Le Doyenné, July 21,2018 - October 7, 2018), Brioude, Le Doyenné, 2018, p. 56

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