Sculpture

Birthday

(Anniversaire)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
In collaboration with
Lanfranco LISARELLI
Catalog raisonné no.
S-59
Date
circa 1968
Typology
Low relief
Technique
White marble with gray specks
Dimensions
21 x 22 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (53.4 x 57.6 x 8.2 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Marc Chagall at the bottom towards the left
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers), Flowers, Landscapes / places

  • Birthday, circa 1968, Sculpture by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Birthday (Anniversaire), circa 1968, white marble with gray specks, 21 x 22 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (53.4 x 57.6 x 8.2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Birthday (Anniversaire), circa 1968, white marble with gray specks, 21 x 22 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (53.4 x 57.6 x 8.2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Birthday (Anniversaire), circa 1968, white marble with gray specks, 21 x 22 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (53.4 x 57.6 x 8.2 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance

Archive

Exhibitions (7)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
  • Marc Chagall : L'épaisseur des rêves, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, October 13, 2012 - January 13, 2013
  • Chagall: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 2013
  • Chagall : Sculptures, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, May 27, 2017 - August 28, 2017
  • 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 (8)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 327, p. 245
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 166, ill. p. 191
  • CHAGALL, Marc, Chagall by Chagall, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1979, No. 75, ill. p. 78, p. 5
  • SCHMALENBACH, Werner, CHAGALL, Marc, Marc Chagall, Paris, Draeger-Vilo, 1979, ill. p. 78
  • 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. 182, ill. p. 145, p. 258
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 119, ill. p. 44
  • Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, No. 054, ill. p. 99, 130, p. 20, 137
  • 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. 2, ill. p. 47, p. 12, 238

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