COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Four Seasons Mosaic
Image View:
The east panel, north side, depicting detail of two figures in the sun
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 1887-1985)
Location:
site: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Location Note:
First National Plaza at Dearborn and Monroe Streets
Date:
1974 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
mosaic (visual work)
Classification:
mosaics
Material:
glass; stone
Technique:
mosaic (process)
Measurements:
14 x 10 x 70 ft (length)
Subjects:
abstraction or non-objective; contemporary (1960 to present); mosaic
Description:
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/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
6A1-CMA-FS-B4
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Four Seasons Mosaic
