Ceramic

The Two Birds

(Les Deux Oiseaux)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-314
Date
1961
Typology
Dish
Technique
White clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, glaze and partially enameled with brush
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 17 5/16 x 2 9/16 in. (26.7 x 44 x 6.5 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall at the bottom in the middle
on the back
Pottery studio
Madoura
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (bird)

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  • The Two Birds, 1961, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Two Birds (Les Deux Oiseaux), 1961, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, glaze and partially enameled with brush, 10 1/2 x 17 5/16 x 2 9/16 in. (26.7 x 44 x 6.5 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance

Archive

Exhibitions (11)

  • 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
  • Chagall: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 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
  • Chagall, Picasso, Ernst - Ceramics and tapestries , Musée national, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 20, 2024 - September 30, 2024

Publications (10)

  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 55, No. 213, ill. p. n. p., p. 38, 177
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 55, No. 213, ill. p. n. p., p. 38, 177
  • 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. 90, ill. p. 163, p. 15, 162
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 90, ill. p. 163, p. 15, 162
  • Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 37, 171, p. 12, 17, 27, 37, 170
  • 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. 128, ill. p. 144, p. 13, 183
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 113, ill. p. 43
  • 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. 027, ill. p. 72, p. 239
  • Chagall, Picasso, Ernst. Ceramics and Tapestries, (exhibition catalogue, Vilnius, Musée national, April 20,2024 - September 30, 2024), Vilnius, Lietuvos nacionalinis dailės muziejus, 2024, ill. p. 48-49, p. 48

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