America Windows
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985
1977
On view — Gallery 144 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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,…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- 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.)
- Origin
- France