Ceramic

The Dream

(Le Songe)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-198
  • 1952
  • Vase
  • white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush
  • 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm)
  • Signed Chagall on the foot
    Signed Marc Chagall Chagall and dated 1952 underneath
  • Private collection
  • The Dream, 1952, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Dream (Le Songe), 1952, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.7 x 23.3 x 23.3 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (14)

  • 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
  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, Grand Palais, Paris, France, December 13, 1969 - March 8, 1970
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, Stadthalle Balingen, Balingen, Germany, June 21, 2003 - September 28, 2003
  • Schilderen met vuur : De keramiek van Marc Chagall, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, July 1, 2005 - September 11, 2005
  • 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
  • Couleurs & lumière : Chagall, Sima, Knoebel, Soulages...des ateliers d'art sacré au vitrail d'artiste, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, Reims, France, October 15, 2011 - February 26, 2012
  • Chagall: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 2013
  • Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la musique, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France, October 13, 2015 - January 31, 2016
  • Chagall : Colour and Music, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, January 28, 2017 - June 11, 2017
  • Chagall : Du coq à l'âne, Le Doyenné, Brioude, France, July 21, 2018 - October 7, 2018
  • Chagall : Du noir et blanc à la couleur, Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, France, November 1, 2018 - March 24, 2019
  • Sur la terre des dieux : Marc Chagall et le monde grec, Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice, France, November 16, 2019 - September 21, 2020

Publications (20)

  • 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. 24, ill. p. 8, p. 16
  • PORRO, B.-J., L'Abeille, No. 27/67, 1967, ill. p. 18
  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 417, ill. p. 286, p. 266
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 175, ill. p. 200
  • WYMAN, Bill, VERDET, André, CHAGALL, Marc, Chagall Méditerranéen, Paris, Daniel Lelong Éditeur, 1983, ill. p. 52, 53, p. 123
  • LE TARGAT, Francois, Marc Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1985, No. 143, ill. p. n. p., p. 23, 128
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 93, 94, 95, 96, No. 106, ill. p. n. p., p. 34, 166
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 93, 94, 95, 96, No. 106, ill. p. n. p., p. 34, 166
  • Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 51, ill. p. 98, 99
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 51, ill. p. 98, 99, p. 98
  • Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 104-105, p. 104
  • La terre est si lumineuse : Marc Chagall et la céramique, (exhibition catalogue, Vallauris, Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, June 30, 2007 - September 30, 2007 ; Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 19, 2007 - January 20, 2008 ; Céret, Musée d'art moderne de Céret, February 16, 2008 - May 25, 2008), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 2007, No. 61, ill. p. couverture, 84-85, p. 128, 181
  • La revue de la céramique et du verre, No. 157, 2007, ill. p. 31, p. 29
  • Couleurs & lumière : Chagall, Sima, Knoebel, Soulages...des ateliers d'art sacré au vitrail d'artiste, (exhibition catalogue, Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, October 15,2011 - February 26, 2012), Bonsecours, Point de vues, Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, 2011, ill. p. 74
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 95, ill. p. 40
  • Chagall et la musique, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Philharmonie de Paris, October 13,2015 - January 31, 2016 ; Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 24,2015 - January 31, 2016), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 2015, No. P71, ill. p. 96, p. 355
  • Chagall et la musique, Connaissance des arts Hors-série, No. n°690, 2015, ill. p. 32
  • Chagall and Music, (exhibition catalogue, Montréal, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, January 28,2017 - June 11, 2017 ; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 31,2017 - January 7, 2018), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, Montréal, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 2017, No. 95, ill. p. 112, p. 113, 392
  • Chagall : du coq à l'âne, (exhibition catalogue, Brioude, Le Doyenné, July 21,2018 - October 7, 2018), Brioude, Le Doyenné, 2018, ill. p. 65
  • Chagall : Du noir et blanc à la couleur, (exhibition catalogue, Aix-en-Provence, Hôtel de Caumont, November 1,2018 - March 24, 2019), Paris, Culturespaces, Paris, Éditions Hazan, 2018, ill. p. 152, 153

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