Ceramic

Samson Breaking the Columns of the Temple

(Samson brisant les colonnes du Temple)

Author: Marc CHAGALL

Numéro catalogue raisonné: C-45
Date de création: 1950
Typology: Dish
Technique: beige clay, decorated with slips and oxides on enamel, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze
Dimensions: 12 _13/16 x 11 x 0 _5/8 in. (32.5 x 28 x 1.6 cm)
Inscription(s): Signed Chagall at the bottom towards the right
Signed Chagall Antibes and dated 1950 on the back
Pottery studio: Poterie des Remparts

Owner: Private collection

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Marc CHAGALL, Samson Breaking the Columns of the Temple (Samson brisant les colonnes du Temple), 1950, beige clay, decorated with slips and oxides on enamel, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 12 _13/16 x 11 x 0 _5/8 in. (32.5 x 28 x 1.6 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, Samson Breaking the Columns of the Temple (Samson brisant les colonnes du Temple), 1950, beige clay, decorated with slips and oxides on enamel, engraved with a dry point needle, underglaze, 12 _13/16 x 11 x 0 _5/8 in. (32.5 x 28 x 1.6 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

Private collection

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Exhibitions (10)

Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes. 1949-1985, Fondation Emile Hugues, Vence, France, July 2, 1994 - October 30, 1994
Marc Chagall : Peintures, Sculptures, Céramiques. 1920-1983, Musée d'art Mercian, Karuizawa, Japan, April 7, 1996 - July 7, 1996
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
Marc Chagall : "Le Pays de mon âme", Palais Bénédictine, Fécamps, France, June 26, 2004 - September 26, 2004
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
Chagall e il Mediterraneo, Palazzo Blu, Pise, Italy, October 9, 2009 - January 16, 2010

Publications (14)

Art sacré, œuvres françaises des XIX^e et XX^e siècles, Paris, Éditions des Musées nationaux, 1950, No. 48, p. 27
Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 349, ill. p. 274, p. 263
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 64, ill. p. 80
HAFTMANN, Werner, Marc Chagall, Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972, fig. 42, ill. p. 33
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 259, No. 34, ill. p. n. p., p. 16, 18, 157
FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 259, No. 34, ill. p. n. p., p. 16, 18, 157
Marc Chagall : Les années méditerranéennes, 1949-1985, (exhibition catalogue, Vence, Fondation Emile Hugues, July 2,1994 - October 30, 1994), Arcueil, Anthèse, 1994, No. 139, ill. p. 132, p. 176
Marc Chagall. Peintures, Sculptures, Céramiques. 1920-1983, (exhibition catalogue, Karuizawa, Musée d'art Mercian, April 7,1996 - July 7, 1996), Karuizawa, Musée d'art Mercian, 1996, No. 19, ill. p. 71
Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 19, ill. p. 51, p. 50
Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 19, ill. p. 51, p. 50
Marc Chagall : "Le pays de mon âme", (exhibition catalogue, Fécamps, Palais Bénédictine, June 26,2004 - September 26, 2004), Fécamps, Palais Bénédictine, 2004, ill. p. 43
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. 36, ill. p. 66, p. 56, 57, 181
Marc Chagall en Terre promise : Chagall et la Bible, (exhibition catalogue, Avranches, Scriptorial d'Avranches, musée des manuscrits du Mont Saint-Michel, June 14,2008 - September 14, 2008), Fougères, Éditions d'art Henry des Abbayes, 2008, ill. p. 17
Marc Chagall e il Mediterraneo, (exhibition catalogue, Pise, Palazzo Blu, October 9,2009 - January 16, 2010), Florence, Giunti, 2009, ill. p. 216