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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  • 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, 2024

  • 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, 2024

  • 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, 2024

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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