The America Windows by Marc Chagall - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.718 W 087° 37.445
16T E 448216 N 4636489
These windows were a gift from the artist to commemorate America's bicentennial and are on permanent display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Waymark Code: WMBZXD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2011
Views: 11
These windows are located in the Art Institute of Chicago (coordinates are for the Institutes' Michigan Avenue entrance.)
Photography of permanent exhibits is permitted in the Museum.
The Museum's (
visit link) website informs us that:
"Marc Chagall
French, born Vitebsk, Russia (present-day Belarus), 1887–1985
America Windows, 1977
Stained glass
96 x 385 in. (244 x 978 cm) (overall)
Signed, each pair, l.r.: "MArc ChAgAll/Reims/1977"
A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J. Daley"
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