MARC CHAGALL - PRINTED ART SIGNED IN CRAYON - HFSID 175276

MARC CHAGALL
9x13 color reproduction of a French poster for a Louvre exhibition of Marc Chagall's stained glass windows at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, signed by Chagall in yellow crayon. This poster depicts Chagall's window representing the Israeli Tribe of Levi.
Printed art signed "Marc/Chagall" in yellow crayon. Color, 9¼x13¼ overall, image 7¾x12, one surface. Titled in French, roughly translated: "Chagall/Stained Glasses for Jerusalem".Reproduction of a French poster promoting an exhibition for Chagall's Jerusalem Windows at the Louvre in Paris, France, June to September, 1961. Chagall was commissioned by the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in 1959 to create 12 stained glass windows for its synagogue representing the 12 Tribes of Israel, a job he completed in 1961. This poster shows the window representing the Israeli Tribe of Levi. Chagall (1887-1985, born Mark Zakharovich Shagal in Vitebsk, Belorussia, Russian Empire, now Belarus)considered one of the most original and eminent figures in 20th century art, is particularly well-known for his stained glass windows. Best known for the Jerusalem Windows and Peace for the United Nations (1964), his last monumental work in the medium was stained glass windows for chapel of Le Saillant in Corrèze. In 1914, Chagall first exhibited two of his works, Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers and The Fiddler, at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. In June of that year, he had his first one-man show at the Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin. Chagall then traveled to Vitebsk, his hometown, intending to stay for a short visit, but the outbreak of WWI prevented him from returning to Paris, where he would later settle. Chagall created his first stained glass windows (for the church of Le Plateau d'Assy in Haute-Savoie) in 1957. Chagall was influenced by Cubism, Fauvism and Surrealism. His works, executed in a wide variety of media, from oils to stained glass, often featured subjects drawn from Russian village life, Jewish folklore and Hasidic mysticism. Lightly toned, otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.