Ceramic

Profile and Nude

or Paradise Blue Vase

(Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-235
  • 1953
  • Vase
  • white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle
  • 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
  • Signed Chagall and dated 1953 on the base
  • Private collection

Keywords:

Flowers, Nude(s)

  • Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase, 1953, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, Profile and Nude or Paradise Blue Vase (Profil et nu ou Vase bleu paradis), 1953, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET, Fabrice Gousset/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (4)

  • 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

Publications (7)

  • Marc Chagall. Werke aus den letzten 25 Jahren, (exhibition catalogue, Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, August 25,1956 - October 21, 1956), Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 1956, No. 113, p. 12
  • Marc Chagall : 1950-1956, (exhibition catalogue, Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, October 27,1956 - November 29, 1956), Berne, Kunsthalle Bern, 1956, No. 104
  • 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
  • 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. 298
  • SOUVERBIE, Marie-Thérèse, Chagall, Paris, Éditions Hazan, 1975, London, AMIEL, 1975, Munich, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, 1976, No. 67
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 198, No. 150, ill. p. n. p., p. 171
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 198, No. 150, ill. p. n. p., p. 171

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