Ceramic

The Creation of Man

(La Création de l'Homme)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-304
Date
1959
Typology
Wall ceramic
Technique
White clay, decorated with slips and oxides, partially enameled with brush
Dimensions
19 11/16 x 9 7/8 x 1 in. (50 x 25.1 x 2.5 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall at the bottom right corner
Signed Chagall and dated 1959 on the back
Owner
Private collection

Keyword:

Bible

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Provenance

Archive

Exhibitions (7)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
  • 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 und die Bibel, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany, October 6, 2012 - January 13, 2013
  • Chagall et la Bible, My Art Museum, Séoul, South Korea, November 25, 2021 - April 10, 2022

Publications (10)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 406, ill. p. 281, p. 266
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 22, ill. p. 41
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 177, No. 208, ill. p. n. p., p. 19, 33, 177
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 177, No. 208, ill. p. n. p., p. 19, 33, 177
  • Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes, 1949-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Vence, Fondation Emile Hugues, July 2,1994 - October 30, 1994), Arcueil, Anthèse, 1994, No. 155, p. 176
  • Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 88, ill. p. 159, p. 12
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 88, ill. p. 159, p. 12
  • 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, p. 28, 57
  • Marc Chagall und die Bibel, (exhibition catalogue, Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, October 6,2012 - January 13, 2013), Köln, Wienand, 2012, No. 82, ill. p. 119, p. 234
  • Marc Chagall : Chagall and the Bible, (exhibition catalogue, Séoul, My Art Museum, November 25,2021 - April 10, 2022), Séoul, My Art Museum, 2021, ill. p. 233

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