Marc CHAGALL (after) - Stained Glass of Jerusalem, The Tribe of Isaac
The tribe of Isaac from the series "Stained glass windows for Jerusalem"
SPADEM lithograph
Year of publication: 1985
Numbered edition of 294/333 copies.
Spadem "Marc Chagall Limited editions" dry stamp
Sheet dimensions: 38 x 25 cm
Picture dimensions: 23.5 x 17 cm
Matting frame dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Limited edition of 333 copies
Information: Numbered in pencil on handmade Arches Vellum paper.
Very good condition.
These stained glass windows are dated from 1960. Commissioned by the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The series of stained glass windows represent the twelve tribes of Israel. The stained glass
windows are dotted with floating fish, flowers and Jewish symbolism.
Marc Chagall :
(1887-1985) born Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov, is a painter who was born on July the 7th in Liozna, in Bielorussia (then included in the Russian Empire), and naturalised french in 1937. He died on March 28th, 1985 in Saint-Paul de Vence. Chagall is one of the most famous foreign artists who settle in France in the XXth century, along with Pablo Picasso or Joan Miro. Even if his work is not associated to any movement or school, it bears characteristics of Surrealism and neo-primitivism. He also drew his inspiration from jewish tradition, the daily life of the shtetl (jewish village in Eastern Europe) and russian folklore, from which he elaborated his own symbolic. Chagall work with different medium, such as oil on canvas, sculpture, poetry, glass painting, enamels etc.
Additionally to the worldwide presence of his works in the biggest collections, one museum is dedicated to him in Nice, and another one in Vitebsk.
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