Ceramic

Fig-Bird

or Self-portrait

(L'Oiseau-figue ou Autoportrait)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-227
Date
1953
Typology
Vase
Technique
White clay, slip and oxide decoration, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, underglaze
Dimensions
8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (22 x 17 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall and dated 1953 underneath
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Self-portrait, Animals (bird), Nude(s)

  • Fig-Bird or Self-portrait, 1953, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Fig-Bird or Self-portrait (L'Oiseau-figue ou Autoportrait), 1953, white clay, slip and oxide decoration, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, underglaze, 8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (22 x 17 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, Fig-Bird or Self-portrait (L'Oiseau-figue ou Autoportrait), 1953, white clay, slip and oxide decoration, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, underglaze, 8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (22 x 17 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (3)

  • 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

Publications (7)

  • Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 116, p. 12
  • 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. 244
  • 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. 244
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 10, ill. p. 27
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 65, 66, No. 153, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 171
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 65, 66, No. 153, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 171
  • 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. 12, 128

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