Sculpture

King David

(Le Roi David)

Author: Marc CHAGALL
In collaboration with: Lanfranco LISARELLI

Numéro catalogue raisonné: S-25
Date de création: 1953
Typology: Stela
Technique: Limestone
Dimensions: 30 _1/2 x 16 _9/16 x 7 _11/16 in. (77.5 x 42 x 19.5 cm)
Inscription(s): Signed Chagall Marc and dated 953 at the centre towards the right

Place of conservation: Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, MBMC 59

Keyword:

Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, King David (Le Roi David), 1953, limestone, 30 _1/2 x 16 _9/16 x 7 _11/16 in. (77.5 x 42 x 19.5 cm), Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice © Gérard BLOT/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, King David (Le Roi David), 1953, limestone, 30 _1/2 x 16 _9/16 x 7 _11/16 in. (77.5 x 42 x 19.5 cm), Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice © Gérard BLOT/ADAGP, Paris, 2025
Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with Lanfranco LISARELLI, King David (Le Roi David), 1953, limestone, 30 _1/2 x 16 _9/16 x 7 _11/16 in. (77.5 x 42 x 19.5 cm), Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice © Gérard BLOT/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (2)

Musées de France, Paris, France, 1966, AM 1534 S (Gift of Marc Chagall)
Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, MBMC 59

Archive

Exhibitions (9)

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 : 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
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 (15)

DORIVAL, Bernard, CHATELAIN, Jean, Le Message Biblique de Marc Chagall : Donation Marc et Valentina Chagall, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1967, No. 59
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. 319, p. 245
SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 45, ill. p. 62
CHATELAIN, Jean, CHAGALL, Marc, BACHELARD, Gaston, Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Paris, MOURLOT, 1972, ill. p. 179, p. 199
ESTEBAN, Claude, VERDET, André, ESTIENNE, Charles, Chagall Monumental, Paris, XX^e siècle, 1973, ill. p. 68
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. 216, p. 24
ARPINO, Giovanni, NEGRI, Renata, Marc Chagall, Milan, Fabbri Editori, 1978, No. 96, ill. p. 96, p. 34
FORESTIER, Sylvie, SALLOIS, Jacques, CHAGALL, Marc, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall Nice : Catalogue des collections, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1990, No. 452, ill. p. 248, 252, p. 245, 252
FORESTIER, Sylvie, FORAY, Jean-Michel, CHAGALL, Marc, Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice : Catalogue des collections, Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2001, No. 588, ill. p. 272, 276, p. 269
PACOUD-REME, Elisabeth, FRECHURET, Maurice, CHAGALL, Marc, Chagall : Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, Paris, Artlys, 2011, ill. p. 60
Chagall : Sculptures, (exhibition catalogue, Nice, Musée national Marc Chagall, May 27,2017 - August 28, 2017), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 2017, No. 022, ill. p. 81, 125, p. 34, 44, 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. 163, ill. p. 192, p. 214, 222, 244
GOLDBERG, Itzhak, Chagall, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2019, No. 306, ill. 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