Ceramic

Woman with a Blue Donkey

(La Femme à l'âne bleu)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Catalog raisonné no.
C-328
Date
1962
Typology
Vase
Technique
White clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle
Dimensions
15 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. (39 x 24 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Marc Chagall and dated 1962 on the base
Inscribed Vallauris and dated 1962 underneath
Pottery studio
Madoura
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Nude(s), Animals (donkey)

  • Woman with a Blue Donkey, 1962, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Woman with a Blue Donkey (La Femme à l'âne bleu), 1962, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 15 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. (39 x 24 cm), Private collection © Art Digital Studio/ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, Woman with a Blue Donkey (La Femme à l'âne bleu), 1962, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 15 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. (39 x 24 cm), Private collection © Art Digital Studio/ADAGP, Paris, 2026

  • Marc CHAGALL, Woman with a Blue Donkey (La Femme à l'âne bleu), 1962, white clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 15 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. (39 x 24 cm), Private collection © Art Digital Studio/ADAGP, Paris, 2026

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibit (1)

Publications (11)

  • Marc Chagall : Céramiques, (exhibition catalogue, Cannes, Galerie Madoura, août 1962 - septembre 1962), Cannes, Galerie Madoura, 1962, No. 9
  • THIRION, Jacques, « Sculptures et céramiques de Marc Chagall », XXe siècle : Permanence du sacré, No. 24, 1964, p. 99 - 106, ill. p. 105, p. 102
  • VERDET, André, THIRION, Jacques, Hommage à Marc Chagall, Paris, XXe siècle, 1969, ill. p. 130
  • MCMULLEN, Roy, BIDERMANS, Izis, The World of Marc Chagall, London, Aldus Books Limited, 1969, ill. p. 120
  • BIDERMANS, Izis, MCMULLEN, Roy, Le monde de Chagall, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1969, ill. p. 120
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monte-Carlo, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 119, ill. p. 138,139
  • HAFTMANN, Werner, Marc Chagall, Köln, M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972, fig. 44, ill. p. 34
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 104, No. 226, ill. p. n. p., p. 34, 178
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 104, No. 226, ill. p. n. p., p. 34, 179
  • BAAL-TESHUVA, Jacob, CHAGALL, Marc, THIRION, Jacques, Chagall. A Retrospective, New York, Hugh Lauter Levin associates, Inc., 1995, ill. p. 232, p. 231
  • 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. 178

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