Property from a Private German Collection
Marc Chagall
Le couple
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80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Property from a Private German Collection
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Le couple
signed Marc Chagall and dated 1962 (on the reverse)
chamotte clay, decorated with engobes and oxides, engraved with a knife and drypoint
63,8 x 34,2 cm; 25⅛ x 13½ in.
Executed in 1962.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Chagall.
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris
Prof. Dr. Roland Doschka, Rottenburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1984
Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen and Mettlach, Deutsches Keramisches Museum, Europäische Keramik der Moderne : Brasilier, Braque, Chagall, Miró, Picasso, 1984, illustrated in colour n.p. (titled Schwebendes Paar)
Balingen, Stadthalle Balingen, Marc Chagall : Meisterwerke seiner Keramik, 2003, no. 92, illustrated in colour p. 167
Sylvie Forestier and Meret Meyer, Chagall e la ceramica, Milan, 1990, no. 224, p. 178, fig. 118, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., Hertogenbosch, Het Kruithuis Museum of Contemporary Art, Terra Sculptura, Terra Pictura: Keramiek van de 'klassieke modernen', 1992, illustrated in colour p. 77
Exh. Cat., Hertogenbosch, Stedelijk Museum, Marc Chagall : Keramiek / Ceramics, 2005, illustrated in colour p. 26
Marc Chagall, Catalogue raisonné des céramiques de Marc Chagall, no. C-332 (https://www.marcchagall.com/en/catalogue-raisonne/ceramic/couple-1962-0), (accessed on 15 May 2026)