Ceramic

Blue Donkey With Flowers

(Âne bleu aux fleurs)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-210
Date
1953
Typology
Vase
Technique
Color clay, decorated with oxides and paraffin, dipped in white enamel, engraved with dry point needle
Dimensions
9 13/16 x 6 5/16 in. (25 x 16 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Chagall on the handle

Signed Marc Chagall and dated 1953 underneath
Stamped Madoura underneath
Pottery studio
Madoura
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Animals (donkey), Flowers

  • Blue Donkey With Flowers, 1953, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey With Flowers (Âne bleu aux fleurs), 1953, color clay, decorated with oxides and paraffin, dipped in white enamel, engraved with dry point needle, 9 13/16 x 6 5/16 in. (25 x 16 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, Blue Donkey With Flowers (Âne bleu aux fleurs), 1953, color clay, decorated with oxides and paraffin, dipped in white enamel, engraved with dry point needle, 9 13/16 x 6 5/16 in. (25 x 16 cm), Private collection © ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

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Exhibit (1)

Publications (4)

  • Hommage à Marc Chagall, (exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, December 13,1969 - March 8, 1970), Paris, RMN-Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1969, No. 420, p. 266
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 113, ill. p. 130, 131
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 67, 68, No. 152, ill. p. n. p., p. 171
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 67, 68, No. 152, ill. p. n. p., p. 171

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