Ceramic

The Creation of Man

(La Création de l'Homme)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-305
Date
1959
Typology
Wall ceramic
Technique
Clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a dry point needle, brush-enameled
Dimensions
29 15/16 x 19 7/8 in. (76 x 50.5 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall at the bottom right corner
on the back
Pottery studio
Madoura
Place of conservation
Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, inv. MBMC 57

Keyword:

Bible

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Provenance (2)

  • Musées de France, Paris, France, 1966, AM 1212 OA (Gift of Marc Chagall)
  • Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, MBMC 57

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Exhibitions (18)

  • Le Message Biblique de Marc Chagall : Donation Marc et Valentina Chagall, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, June 23, 1967 - November 6, 1967
  • Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, 1973
  • Marc Chagall : Création, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France, octobre 1997 - juin 1998
  • La terre est si lumineuse : Marc Chagall et la céramique, June 30, 2007 - May 25, 2008
    • Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, France, June 30, 2007 - September 30, 2007
    • La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, October 19, 2007 - January 20, 2008
    • Musée d'art moderne de Céret, Céret, France, February 16, 2008 - May 25, 2008
  • Chagall : La main à la pâte, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, October 21, 2010 - June 6, 2011
  • Marc Chagall und die Bibel, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany, October 6, 2012 - January 13, 2013
  • Nouveaux regards sur Marc Chagall, June 29, 2013 - June 8, 2014
    • Musée préfectoral d'Art Moderne d'Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan, June 29, 2013 - August 25, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Miyagi, Sendai, Japan, September 3, 2013 - October 27, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfécture d'Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, November 3, 2013 - December 25, 2013
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, January 2, 2014 - March 30, 2014
    • Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfecture d'Aichi, Nagoya, Japan, April 17, 2014 - June 8, 2014
  • Nouvel accrochage des collections, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, October 7, 2014 - November 28, 2014
  • Marc Chagall : Des couleurs pour la Bible, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, November 29, 2014 - March 9, 2015
  • Un monde en apesanteur, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, September 16, 2017 - February 28, 2018
  • Nouveau parcours dans les collections, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, November 3, 2018 - April 29, 2019

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