Sculpture

Moses

(Moïse)

Marc CHAGALL

In collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI

No. S-20
1952
Stela
Rognes stone
20 _7/8 x 8 _11/16 x 3 _9/16 in. (53 x 22 x 9 cm)
Signed ChAgall at the bottom on the right side

Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, MBMC 58

Keyword:

Bible

Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, Moses (Moïse), 1952, rognes stone, 20 _7/8 x 8 _11/16 x 3 _9/16 in. (53 x 22 x 9 cm), Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice © Gérard BLOT/ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Provenance

Musées de France, Paris, France, 1966, AM 1533 S (Gift of Marc Chagall)
Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, MBMC 58

Exhibitions

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
Marc Chagall : Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland, August 25, 1956 - October 21, 1956
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland, October 27, 1956 - November 29, 1956
Marc Chagall : Werke van latere jaren / L'œuvre des dernières années, December 7, 1956 - February 24, 1957
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 7, 1956 - January 14, 1957
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957
Le Message Biblique de Marc Chagall : Donation Marc et Valentina Chagall, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, June 27, 1967 - November 6, 1967
Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, 1973
Chagall's World of Love, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, September 27, 2005 - January 15, 2006
Chagall : Sculptures, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, May 27, 2017 - August 28, 2017
Marc Chagall : 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
Nouveau parcours dans les collections, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, November 3, 2018 - April 29, 2019
Chagall : Le passeur de lumière, November 21, 2020 - January 10, 2022
- Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France, November 21, 2020 - August 30, 2021

Publications

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. 4, ill. p. 10, p. 15
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. 264, p. 57
Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 101, p. 11
Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, (exhibition catalogue, Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, October 27,1956 - November 29, 1956), Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, 1956, No. 86
Marc Chagall : Werke van latere jaren, (exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, December 7, 1956 - January 14, 1957 ; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957), Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1956, No. 226
Chagall. L'œuvre des dernières années, (exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, January 19, 1957 - February 24, 1957), Brussels, Bruxelles La Conti, 1957, No. 226
MEYER, Franz, Marc Chagall, Paris, Flammarion, 1964, p. 524
DORIVAL, Bernard, CHATELAIN, Jean, Le Message Biblique de Marc Chagall : Donation Marc et Valentina Chagall, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1967, No. 58
VALLIER, Dora, « Du souvenir au mythe », XX^e siècle : Vers un nouvel humanisme ?, No. 29, 1967, p. 12 - 18
Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 317, ill. p. 249, p. 244, 245
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 29, ill. p. 46
CHATELAIN, Jean, CHAGALL, Marc, BACHELARD, Gaston, Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Paris, MOURLOT, 1972, ill. p. 182, p. 199
ESTEBAN, Claude, VERDET, André, Chagall monumental, Paris, XX^e siècle, 1973, ill. p. 69
Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall Nice : Donation Marc et Valentina Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1973), Paris, Éditions des Musées nationaux, 1973, ill. p. 215, p. 24
Marc Chagall, Illustrationen zur Bibel, Mayence, Landesmuseum Mainz, 1978, fig. 2, ill. p. n. p.
SHORE, Leslie, KRAVETZ HOLLANDER, Janet, KARAFEL, Lorraine, The Museums of the Côte d'Azur, Fort Lee, Penshurst Books, 1981, ill. p. 139, p. 138
FORESTIER, Sylvie, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall Nice : Catalogue des collections, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1990, No. 451, ill. p. 247, 252, p. 245, 252
Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice : Catalogue des collections, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2001, No. 587, ill. p. 271, 276, p. 269
Chagall's world of love, (exhibition catalogue, Ishøj, Arken Museum of Modern Art, September 27,2005 - January 15, 2006), No. 186, ill. p. 88, p. 94
Les Peintres-Sculpteurs, (exhibition catalogue, Baden-Baden, Musée Frieder Burda, July 5,2008 - October 26, 2008), Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2008, p. 62
Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, No. 023, ill. p. 83, 125, p. 60, 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. 56, ill. p. 98, p. 240
Chagall : du coq à l'âne, (exhibition catalogue, Brioude, Le Doyenné, July 21,2018 - October 7, 2018), Brioude, Le Doyenné, 2018, p. 84
GOLDBERG, Itzhak, Chagall, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2019, No. 307, ill. p. 285, p. 284
Chagall. Le passeur de lumière, (exhibition catalogue, Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, November 21, 2020 - August 30, 2021), Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2020, p. 207
Chagall politique, le cri de liberté, Dir. GAUTHIER, Ambre, (exhibition catalogue, Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 7,2023 - January 7, 2024 ; Madrid, Fundación MAPFRE, January 31,2024 - May 5, 2024), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, Madrid, Fundación MAPFRE, 2023, fig. 1, ill. p. 64