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Four Seasons Mosaic

Chagall, Marc
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/104612
Date
1974
Description
The west panel, middle section, detail depicting sun over figures in Grant Park; Marc Chagall's mosaic occupies a section of the First National Plaza at Dearborn and Monroe Streets. It's size and shape (70 feet long by 14 feet high by 10 feet wide) have earned it the nickname of "the boxcar mosaic". The design which wraps around all four sides of the rectangle was a gift to the city by the artist and the actual construction of it was privately funded. The colorful glass and stone used to construct it came from Italy, France, Norway, Belgium, and Israel. Chagall was present when the mosaic was dedicated on September 27, 1974. Source: Mosaic art source blog; http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/ (accessed 7/8/2008)
Type of Work
mosaic (visual work)
Subject
abstraction or non-objective, contemporary (1960 to present), Twentieth century
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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