Hi,

I would like to offer the offset lithograph print after Marc Chagall (1887-1985) from the "Jerusalem Windows" series. This lithograph was published in 1988 on heavy weight paper, the other side of the page is blank. Never framed.

The item will be send in the high quality protective sleeve. The photos at the listing show the selling piece and reflects its state of preservation. I send the lithograph flatways, protected by thick carton. The piece comes from my personal collection and it's not the present-day reproduction.

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Details:

• Author: after Marc Chagall

• Title: "The Tribe of Joseph" (finished)

• Cycle: „The Jerusalem Windows”

• Type: offset lithograph

• State: very good

• Editor: Park Lane, New York, USA

• Year: 1988

• Sheet size: 12" x 8 3/4" (30.5 cm x 22.5 cm)

• Copyright: 1962 by Andre Sauret.



About the Jerusalem Windows by Chagall:

The twelve stained glass windows created by Marc Chagall for the synagogue of the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel that were blessed by Jacob and Moses in the famous lyrical verses that end Genesis and Deuteronomy: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin. The essence of the Jerusalem Windows lies in the colors in which Chagall demonstrated his ability to animate plastic material and transform it into light. Since the mosaic law forbids the depiction of the human figure, which is the image of God, Chagall created a realm of stars, elements, and animals, a realm where the absence of a human figure is only to be more universally represented. The tribal cycle, which is the cycle of human generations, is subject to the universal dynamics of light. The system established by the windows perfectly refers to the biblical cycle, because each of them is an independent whole and at the same time interacts with the others to strengthen the expression of a common message: the fate of the Israelites in the Promised Land and the fate of man on earth.

About Marc Chagall:

Marc Chagall was born in 1887 to a poor Jewish family in Russia as the eldest of nine children. Chagall began to display his artistic talent while studying at a secular Russian school, and despite his father’s disapproval, in 1907 he began studying art with Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg. It was at this time that his distinct style that we recognize today began to emerge. As his paintings began to center on images from his childhood, the focus that would guide his artistic motivation for the rest of his life came to fruition. In 1910, Chagall, moved to Paris for four years. It was during this period that he painted some of his most famous paintings of the Jewish village, and developed the features that became recognizable trademarks of his art. Strong and bright colors began to portray the world in a dreamlike state. Fantasy, nostalgia, and religion began to fuse together to create otherworldly images. In 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, Chagall held a one-man show in Berlin, exhibiting work dominated by Jewish images. During the war, he resided in Russia, and in 1917, endorsing the revolution, he was appointed Commissar for Fine Arts in Vitebsk and then director of the newly established Free Academy of Art. In 1922, Chagall left Russia, settling in France one year later. He lived there permanently except for the years 1941 - 1948 when, fleeing France during World War II, he resided in the United States. Chagall's horror over the Nazi rise to power is expressed in works depicting Jewish martyrs and refugees. Israel, which Chagall first visited in 1931 for the opening of the Tel Aviv Art Museum, is likewise endowed with some of Chagall's work, most notably the twelve stained glass windows at Hadassah Hospital and wall decorations at the Knesset. Chagall received many prizes and much recognition for his work. He was also one of very few artists to exhibit work at the Louvre in their lifetime.

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