Ceramic

Christ on the Cross

or Christ at Night

(Le Christ en croix ou Christ dans la nuit)

Author: Marc CHAGALL

Numéro catalogue raisonné: C-36
Date de création: 1950
Typology: Dish
Technique: white clay, decorated with slips and oxides on white enamel
Dimensions: 10 _5/8 x 9 x 0 _7/8 in. (27 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm)
Inscription(s): Signed Chagall at the bottom right corner
Signed Chagall and dated 1950 on the back
on the back
Pottery studio: Poterie des Remparts

Owner: Private collection

Keywords:

Bible (crucifixion)

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

Sofiya Glukhova - 09/2024

Marc CHAGALL, Christ on the Cross or Christ at Night (Le Christ en croix ou Christ dans la nuit), 1950, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides on white enamel, 10 _5/8 x 9 x 0 _7/8 in. (27 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

Private collection

Exhibitions (12)

Marc Chagall : Céramiques, sculptures et Les Fables de La Fontaine, Galerie Maeght, Paris, France, March 21, 1952 - April 20, 1952
L'Opera di Marc Chagall : Dipinti - Guazzi - Acquarelli - Disegni - Sculture - Ceramiche - Incisioni, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy, avril 1953 - juin 1953
Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
Marc Chagall : Céramiques, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, Paris, France, April 23, 1999 - May 29, 1999
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
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
Marc Chagall und die Bibel, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany, October 6, 2012 - January 13, 2013
Chagall: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 2013

Publications (15)

Art sacré, œuvres françaises des XIX^e et XX^e siècles, Paris, Éditions des Musées nationaux, 1950, No. 47, p. 27
CHAMPIGNEULLE, Bernard, France-Illustration, No. 320, 1951, ill. p. n. p.
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. 284, p. 60
Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 353, ill. p. 275, p. 263
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 73, ill. p. 90
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 92, No. 42, ill. p. n. p., p. 16, 31, 158
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 92, No. 42, ill. p. n. p., p. 16, 31, 158
Marc Chagall : Céramiques, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, April 23,1999 - May 29, 1999), Paris, Bouquinerie de l'Institut, 1999, ill. p. n. p.
Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 27, ill. p. 63, p. 62
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 27, ill. p. 63, p. 62
Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 79, p. 78
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. 31, ill. p. 62, p. 27, 180
Marc Chagall und die Bibel, (exhibition catalogue, Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, October 6,2012 - January 13, 2013), Köln, Wienand, 2012, No. 102, ill. p. 146, p. 233
Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 76, ill. p. 36
Marc Chagall et les revues d'art. De couleur et d'encre, Directrice de publication GAUTHIER, Ambre, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, October 10,2020 - April 26, 2021), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2020, fig. 6, ill. p. 17

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