Marc ChagallBielorrusia, Francia, 1887–1985America Windows
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Instituto de Arte de Chicago
Sala144Chicago, Estados Unidos
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About the painting
America Windows is a 1977 set of stained glass window panels by Marc Chagall that is located at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The panels were a gift to the City of Chicago by Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board of The Art Institute of Chicago. It consists of three or six themed panels, depending on the source, commemorating the United States Bicentennial in memory of recently deceased Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. The set of panels is 96 inches (2.4 m) high by 385 inches (9.8 m) wide and was dedicated on May 15, 1977.
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America Windows was planned and installed during a period during which the city was supporting large-scale art by prominent artists. The stained glass windows were originally located facing McKinlock Court until 2005. During the Modern Wing addition to the Art Institute, they were removed for a period of conservation treatment. In 2010, they were reinstalled in an interior gallery away from natural sunlight and condensation.
They were Chagall's first stained glass windows that were not focused on religious themes and the second that were not at a religious institution. These were the first stained glass windows designed and installed for the aesthetic benefit of museum viewers rather than as architectural elements. Chagall worked in collaboration with glassmaker Charles Marq in France to design, assemble, ornament and refine the stained glass windows.
In the museum's words
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, architecture, theater, and dance.
Best known as a painter, Chagall had been working in stained glass for several decades by the 1970s. He was drawn to the medium as a way to explore intense color on a monumental scale. Working with stained-glass maker Charles Marq, Chagall executed 86 windows across Europe, Israel, and the United States.
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- Número de inventario
- 1977.938
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Mientras tanto, en la vida de Marc Chagall
La vida entera1975 · Distinción
honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1977 · Distinción
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
1977–1978
Lifetime Exhibition at the Louvre
For the artist's 90th birthday an exhibition of his works was mounted at the Louvre — contrary to the museum's rule of exhibiting only deceased artists.
