Ceramic

Rooster in the Dark

(Coq dans la nuit)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-6
  • 1950
  • Dish
  • color clay, decorated with slips and oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, partially enameled with brush
  • 10 1/2 x 9 in. (26.7 x 22.8 cm)
  • Signed ChAgAll MArc on the back
  • Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (rooster)

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  • Rooster in the Dark, 1950, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Rooster in the Dark (Coq dans la nuit), 1950, color clay, decorated with slips and oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 10 1/2 x 9 in. (26.7 x 22.8 cm), Private collection © Art Digital Studio/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance

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Exhibitions (7)

  • Marc Chagall : Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, August 25, 1956 - October 21, 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, February 6, 1959 - October 5, 1959
    • Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hambourg, Germany, February 6, 1959 - March 22, 1959
    • Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, April 7, 1959 - May 31, 1959
    • Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, June 12, 1959 - October 5, 1959
  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970

Publications (10)

  • CHAMPIGNEULLE, Bernard, France-Illustration, No. 320, 1951, ill. p. n. p.
  • 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
  • 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. 312
  • Marc Chagall (Munich), (exhibition catalogue, Munich, Haus der Kunst, April 7, 1959 - May 31, 1959), Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1959, No. 290, p. 51
  • Marc Chagall (Hambourg), (exhibition catalogue, Hambourg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, February 6, 1959 - March 22, 1959), Hambourg, Kunsthalle, 1959, No. 290, p. 50
  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 361, ill. p. 291, p. 264
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 93, ill. p. 111
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 131, No. 4, ill. p. n. p., p. 14, 154
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 131, No. 4, ill. p. n. p., p. 14, 154
  • 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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