Sculpture

Mockup for Madonna With Donkey

(Maquette pour La Madone à l'âne)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. S-80
  • circa 1968 - 1971
  • Assemblage
  • Painted beach stone in fine limestone sandstone, porcelain isolator, wood, plywood, and gouache
  • 7 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (20 x 10.7 x 5.6 cm)
  • Signed ChAgAll on the back of the beach stone
  • Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France

Keywords:

Animals (donkey)

Related work

La Madone à l'âne ou Mère et Enfant, 1968 - 1971, Sculpture by Marc Chagall

Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Madonna with Donkey or Mother and Child (La Madone à l'âne ou Mère et Enfant), 1968 - 1971, white marble, 24 7/16 x 12 13/16 x 6 7/16 in. (62 x 32.6 x 16.4 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2024
  • Mockup for Madonna With Donkey, circa 1968 - 1971, Sculpture by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Mockup for Madonna With Donkey (Maquette pour La Madone à l'âne), circa 1968 - 1971, painted beach stone in fine limestone sandstone, porcelain isolator, wood, plywood, and gouache, 7 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (20 x 10.7 x 5.6 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Mockup for Madonna With Donkey (Maquette pour La Madone à l'âne), circa 1968 - 1971, painted beach stone in fine limestone sandstone, porcelain isolator, wood, plywood, and gouache, 7 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (20 x 10.7 x 5.6 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

  • Marc CHAGALL, Mockup for Madonna With Donkey (Maquette pour La Madone à l'âne), circa 1968 - 1971, painted beach stone in fine limestone sandstone, porcelain isolator, wood, plywood, and gouache, 7 7/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (20 x 10.7 x 5.6 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance

  • Private collection
  • Bella et Meret MEYER, Paris
  • Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, 2023 (Donation, Bella et Meret MEYER, Paris)

Exhibitions

  • 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

Publications

  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 69, ill. p. 86, p. 255
  • 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. 189, ill. p. 166, p. 54, 258
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 121, ill. p. 45
  • Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, No. 063, ill. p. 100, 131, p. 22, 96, 100, 137

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