Sculpture

Descent the Cross

(Descente de croix)

Author: Marc CHAGALL
In collaboration with: Lanfranco LISARELLI

Numéro catalogue raisonné: S-8
Date de création: 1952
Typology: Low relief
Technique: Carrara white marble
Dimensions: 10 _13/16 x 5 _7/8 x 16 _1/8 in. (27.5 x 15 x 41 cm)
Inscription(s): Signed Marc Chagall and dated 1952 on the right side

Owner: Private collection

Keyword:

Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Descent the Cross (Descente de croix), 1952, carrara white marble, 10 _13/16 x 5 _7/8 x 16 _1/8 in. (27.5 x 15 x 41 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Descent the Cross (Descente de croix), 1952, carrara white marble, 10 _13/16 x 5 _7/8 x 16 _1/8 in. (27.5 x 15 x 41 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Descent the Cross (Descente de croix), 1952, carrara white marble, 10 _13/16 x 5 _7/8 x 16 _1/8 in. (27.5 x 15 x 41 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (10)

Marc Chagall : Sculptures, Ceramics, Etchings for the Fables of La Fontaine, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, United States Of America, November 18, 1952 - December 13, 1952
L'Opera di Marc Chagall : Dipinti - Guazzi - Acquarelli - Disegni - Sculture - Ceramiche - Incisioni, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy, avril 1953 - juin 1953
100 Sculptures de peintres : Daumier à Picasso, Hôtel de Ville d'Yverdon, Yverdon, Switzerland, August 4, 1956 - September 17, 1956
Marc Chagall : Vitraux et sculptures, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, July 7, 1984 - October 8, 1984
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 : 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 (7)

Marc Chagall : Sculpture, ceramics, etchings for the Fables of La Fontaine, (exhibition catalogue, New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, November 18,1952 - December 13, 1952), New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1952, No. 12, ill. p. 4
L'Opera di Marc Chagall : Dipinti - Guazzi - Acquarelli - Disegni - Sculture - Ceramiche - Incisioni, (exhibition catalogue, Turin, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, avril 1953 - juin 1953), Turin, Museo Civico Palazzo Madama, 1953, No. 273, p. 57
100 Sculptures de peintres : Daumier à Picasso, (exhibition catalogue, Yverdon, Hôtel de Ville d'Yverdon, August 4,1956 - September 17, 1956), Yverdon, Hôtel de Ville d'Yverdon, 1956, No. 14
Marc Chagall : Vitraux et sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, July 7,1984 - October 8, 1984), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1984, No. 150, ill. p. 98
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. 126, ill. p. 157, p. 257
Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, No. 012, ill. p. 65, 123, p. 21, 78, 136
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. 62, ill. p. 107, p. 207, 240