Ceramic

The Rooster

(Le Coq)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-79
Date
circa 1951
Typology
Formed piece
Technique
White clay, decorated with oxides and enamel, underglaze
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 x 8.5 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall twice on the base

Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (rooster)

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  • The Rooster, circa 1951, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Rooster (Le Coq), circa 1951, white clay, decorated with oxides and enamel, underglaze, 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 x 8.5 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Rooster (Le Coq), circa 1951, white clay, decorated with oxides and enamel, underglaze, 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 x 8.5 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Provenance

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Exhibitions (6)

  • 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
  • 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

Publications (10)

  • CHAMPIGNEULLE, Bernard, France-Illustration, No. 320, 1951, ill. p. n. p.
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, No. 170, ill. p. 35, p. 173
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, No. 170, ill. p. 35, p. 173
  • Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, ill. p. 12
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, ill. 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, fig. 1, No. 170, ill. p. 2, 35, p. 36, 37
  • 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. 156, ill. p. 193, p. 257
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, fig. 6, ill. p. 15
  • Nouveaux regards sur Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Sapporo, Musée préfectoral d'Art Moderne d'Hokkaido, June 29, 2013 - August 25, 2013 ; Sendai, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Miyagi, September 3, 2013 - October 27, 2013 ; Hiroshima, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfécture d'Hiroshima, November 3, 2013 - December 25, 2013 ; Shizuoka, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Shizuoka, January 2, 2014 - March 30, 2014 ; Nagoya, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfecture d'Aichi, April 17, 2014 - June 8, 2014), Tokyo, Curators Inc. Art & Architecture, 2013, fig. 1, ill. p. 436
  • 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. 128, ill. p. 64, 160, p. 243

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