Ceramic

The Betrothed

or Two Women

(Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-333
  • 1962
  • Vase
  • white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle
  • 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm)
  • Signed ChAgAll and dated 1962 on the base
  • Atelier de poterie : Madoura
  • Private collection
    • Chagall, Picasso, Ernst - Ceramics and tapestries , Musée national, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 20, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers)

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  • The Betrothed or Two Women, 1962, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Betrothed or Two Women (Les Fiancés ou Deux femmes), 1962, white clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 13 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 6 11/16 in. (33.5 x 15 x 17 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (10)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
  • 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: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 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
  • Chagall, Picasso, Ernst - Ceramics and tapestries , Musée national, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 20, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Publications (11)

  • BIDERMANS, Izis, MCMULLEN, Roy, Le monde de Chagall, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1969, ill. p. 34, 120, p. 154
  • MCMULLEN, Roy, The World of Marc Chagall, London, Aldus Books Limited, 1969, ill. p. 34, 120
  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 426, ill. p. 293, p. 266
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, No. 231, p. 179
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, No. 231, p. 179
  • La revue de la céramique et du verre, No. 157, 2007, ill. p. couverture
  • 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. 158, ill. p. 128, p. 257
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 116, ill. p. 44
  • 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. 041, ill. p. 83, 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. 27, 137
  • Chagall, Picasso, Ernst. Ceramics and Tapestries, (exhibition catalogue, Vilnius, Musée national, April 20,2024 - September 30, 2024), Vilnius, Lietuvos nacionalinis dailės muziejus, 2024, ill. p. 82, 83, p. 82

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