Ceramic

The Chimera

(La Chimère)

Marc CHAGALL

  • No. C-252
  • 1954
  • Vase
  • color clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with white enamel and oxides, underglaze
  • 12 3/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (31 x 19 x 19 cm)
  • Signed Chagall MArc on the base
  • Pottery studio: Madoura
  • Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, AM 2022-406

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  • The Chimera, 1954, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Chimera (La Chimère), 1954, color clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with white enamel and oxides, underglaze, 12 3/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (31 x 19 x 19 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Chimera (La Chimère), 1954, color clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with white enamel and oxides, underglaze, 12 3/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (31 x 19 x 19 cm), Musée national d'art moderne, Paris © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (2)

  • Meret MEYER
  • Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France, 2022, AM 2022-406 (Donation, Meret MEYER)

Archive

Exhibitions (10)

  • 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
  • Marc Chagall : L'épaisseur des rêves, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, October 13, 2012 - January 13, 2013
  • Chagall: Beyond Color, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, United States Of America, February 17, 2013 - May 26, 2013
  • 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

Publications (10)

  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 15, ill. p. 33
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 229, No. 174, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 173
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 229, No. 174, ill. p. n. p., p. 36, 173
  • Marc Chagall : Ceramic Masterpieces, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 71, ill. p. 12, 133, p. 15, 132
  • Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, (exhibition catalogue, Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, June 21,2003 - September 28, 2003), Münich, Prestel Verlag, 2003, No. 71, ill. p. 12, 133, p. 15, 132
  • Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, (exhibition catalogue, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, July 1,2005 - September 11, 2005), Zwolle, Waanders, 2005, ill. p. 139, p. 12, 17, 26, 36, 138
  • 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. 130, ill. p. 145, p. 183
  • Marc Chagall : L'épaisseur des rêves, (exhibition catalogue, Roubaix, La Piscine – Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent, October 13,2012 - January 13, 2013), Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 2012, No. 143, ill. p. 132, p. 257
  • Chagall : Beyond Color, (exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, February 17,2013 - May 26, 2013), Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2013, No. 109, ill. p. 43
  • 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. 042, ill. p. 83, p. 239

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