Ceramic

The Blue Donkey

(L'Âne bleu)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-250
Date
1954
Typology
Vase
Technique
Red clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush
Dimensions
11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Marc Chagall and dated 1954 underneath
Pottery studio
Madoura
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (donkey)

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  • The Blue Donkey, 1954, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, The Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, red clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, The Blue Donkey (L'Âne bleu), 1954, red clay, elements modeled and glued with barbotine, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, partially enameled with brush, 11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Provenance (1)

  • Christie's, New York, United States Of America (May 10, 2018, lot no. 502)

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Exhibit (1)

Publications (15)

  • Marc Chagall : Céramiques, (exhibition catalogue, Cannes, Galerie Madoura, août 1962 - septembre 1962), Cannes, Galerie Madoura, 1962, No. 10
  • VERDET, André, THIRION, Jacques, Hommage à Marc Chagall, Paris, XXe siècle, 1969, ill. p. 124
  • MCMULLEN, Roy, BIDERMANS, Izis, The World of Marc Chagall, London, Aldus Books Limited, 1969, ill. p. 34
  • BIDERMANS, Izis, MCMULLEN, Roy, Le monde de Chagall, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1969, ill. p. 34, p. 118
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 14, ill. p. 32
  • SOUVERBIE, Marie-Thérèse, Chagall, Paris, Éditions Hazan, 1975, New York, AMIEL, 1975, Munich, Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, 1976, No. 58
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 203, No. 167, ill. p. n. p., p. 173
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 203, No. 167, ill. p. n. p., p. 173
  • FENNIMORE, D.L., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, vol.IV, No. 126, ill. p. 118
  • 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, p. 36, 38
  • 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
  • Nouveaux regards sur Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Sapporo, Musée préfectoral d'Art Moderne d'Hokkaido, June 29, 2013 - August 25, 2013 ; Sendai, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Miyagi, September 3, 2013 - October 27, 2013 ; Hiroshima, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfécture d'Hiroshima, November 3, 2013 - December 25, 2013 ; Shizuoka, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Shizuoka, January 2, 2014 - March 30, 2014 ; Nagoya, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la préfecture d'Aichi, April 17, 2014 - June 8, 2014), Tokyo, Curators Inc. Art & Architecture, 2013, ill. p. 463, p. 441, 448
  • 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, p. 90
  • 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, p. 104
  • Christie's, The Collection Of Peggy And David Rockefeller : Volume IV, 10 May 2018, Fine Arts, Day Sale, New York, Christie's, 2018, No. 502, ill. p. 16, 17

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