Ceramic

Lovers on Rooster

(Amoureux sur le coq)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
Numéro catalogue raisonné
C-52
Date de création
1950 - 1951
Typology
Dish
Technique
red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle
Dimensions
6 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 in. (17 x 20 x 2.5 cm)
Inscription(s)
Signed Marc at the bottom left corner
Signed Chagall at the top right corner
Owner
Private collection

Keywords:

Love (couple / lovers), Animals (rooster)

  • Lovers on Rooster, 1950 - 1951, Ceramic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, Lovers on Rooster (Amoureux sur le coq), 1950 - 1951, red ochre clay, decorated with slips and oxides, engraved with a knife and dry point needle, 6 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 in. (17 x 20 x 2.5 cm), Private collection © Fabrice GOUSSET/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

  • Private collection

Archive

Exhibitions (2)

  • 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 (6)

  • 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, No. 228
  • 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. 228
  • SORLIER, Charles, MALRAUX, André, Les céramiques et sculptures de Chagall, Monaco, Éditions André Sauret, 1972, No. 95, ill. p. 112
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, Jaca Book, 1990, fig. 77, No. 2, ill. p. n. p., p. 29, 154
  • FORESTIER, Sylvie, MEYER, Meret, Les céramiques de Chagall, Paris, Albin Michel, 1990, fig. 77, No. 2, ill. p. n. p., p. 29, 154
  • 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, ill. p. 2, p. 12, 79

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