Ceramic

Black Vase

(Vase noir)

Author: Marc CHAGALL

Catalog raisonné no.: C-275
Date: 1955
Typology: Vase
Technique: White clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze
Dimensions: 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm)
Inscription(s): Signed Marc Chagall on the top
on the back
Pottery studio: Madoura

Place of conservation: Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, AM 2022-407

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers)

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Marc CHAGALL, Black Vase (Vase noir), 1955, white clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, Black Vase (Vase noir), 1955, white clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, Black Vase (Vase noir), 1955, white clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, Black Vase (Vase noir), 1955, white clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, Black Vase (Vase noir), 1955, white clay, decorated with oxides on black slips, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 14 _15/16 x 11 _7/16 x 8 _1/4 in. (38 x 29 x 21 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (2)

Meret MEYER
Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, 2022, AM 2022-407 (Donation, Meret MEYER)

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Exhibitions (12)

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
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
Couleurs & lumière : Chagall, Sima, Knoebel, Soulages...des ateliers d'art sacré au vitrail d'artiste, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, Reims, France, October 15, 2011 - February 26, 2012
Chagall : De la poésie à la peinture, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, Landerneau, France, June 26, 2016 - November 1, 2016
Chagall : Du noir et blanc à la couleur, Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, France, November 1, 2018 - March 24, 2019
Sur la terre des dieux : Marc Chagall et le monde grec, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, November 16, 2019 - September 21, 2020

Publications (19)

Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 121, p. 12
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, (exhibition catalogue, Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, October 27,1956 - November 29, 1956), Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, 1956, No. 105
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. 242
Vrienden van de nederlandse ceramiek : Bulletin de l'Association néerlandaise des amis de la céramique, No. 7, 1957, ill. p. Couverture
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. 242
MEYER, Franz, Marc Chagall, Paris, Flammarion, 1964, ill. p. 521
ZYKMUND, Václav, Marc Chagall, Prague, Státní Nakladatelství krásné literatury a umení, 1965, No. 58
CASSOU, Jean, Chagall, London, Thames & Hudson, 1965, No. 147, ill. p. 215, p. 282
Chagall. L'homme et son œuvre, Paris, Éditions Aimery Somogy, 1966, ill. p. 215, p. 284
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 194, ill. p. 218, 219
HAFTMANN, Werner, Marc Chagall, Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972, fig. 47, ill. p. 34
KELLER, Horst, Marc Chagall : Leben und Werk, Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, 1974, fig. 55, ill. p. 129, p. 102, 149
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 227, No. 188, ill. p. n. p., p. 174
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 227, No. 188, ill. p. n. p., p. 174
Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 150-151, p. 150
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. 68, ill. p. 90, p. 181
Couleurs & lumière : Chagall, Sima, Knoebel, Soulages...des ateliers d'art sacré au vitrail d'artiste, (exhibition catalogue, Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, October 15,2011 - February 26, 2012), Bonsecours, Point de vues, Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, 2011, ill. p. 74
Chagall : De la poésie à la peinture, (exhibition catalogue, Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, June 26,2016 - November 1, 2016), Landerneau, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la culture, 2016, ill. p. 165
Chagall : Du noir et blanc à la couleur, Editor GAUTHIER, Ambre, MEYER, Meret, (exhibition catalogue, Aix-en-Provence, Hôtel de Caumont, November 1,2018 - March 24, 2019), Paris, Culturespaces, Paris, Éditions Hazan, 2018, ill. p. 90, p. 35, 44