Marc Chagall
Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985
America Windows
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Marc Chagall
Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 19851977
America Windows
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985 →stained glass/leaded glasspainting
Date
1977
Medium
Stained glass
Dimensions
Three panels; left: 243.9 × 340.4 cm (96 × 134 in.); middle: 243.9 × 302.3 cm (96 × 119 in.); right: 243.9 × 340.4 cm (96 × 134 in.); overall: 243.9 × 983 cm (96 × 387 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J. Daley
Marc Chagall made America Windows to celebrate the US Bicentennial and presented them as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. The windows merge symbols of US history, the Chicago skyline, and the arts; read from left to right, the panels represent music, painting, literature, architecture, theater, and dance.
Best known as a painter, Chagall had been working in stained glass for several decades by the 1970s. He was drawn to the medium as a way to explore intense color on a monumental scale. Working with stained-glass maker Charles Marq, Chagall executed 86 windows across Europe, Israel, and the United States.
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