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The Jerusalem Windows, Marc Chagall by Jean Leymarie (text) and Marc Chagall (stained glass windows/illustrations) – George Braziller, 1975 Softcover book 2nd Edition – composite photo of content (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#CHA275bv)
The Jerusalem Windows, Marc Chagall by Jean Leymarie (text) and Marc Chagall (stained glass windows/illustrations) – George Braziller, 1975 Softcover book 2nd Edition – composite photo of content (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#CHA275bv)
The Jerusalem Windows, Marc Chagall by Jean Leymarie (text) and Marc Chagall (stained glass windows/illustrations) – George Braziller, 1975 Softcover book 2nd Edition – composite photo to show front, back and spine of book (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#CHA275bv)
TITLE: The Jerusalem Windows
Chagall's magnificent stained-glass windows symbolize the twelve ancient tribes of Israel.by Jean Leymarie and Marc Chagall
DESCRIPTION
The story of the stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall and installed in the Abbell Synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem in 1962. Jean Leymarie presents historical notes and provides detail on the creative process. Full page illustrations include 48 full-colour and 24 B/W .
George Braziller, NY, 1975, Softcover
- Price: $48.00 ($CAD)
- Stock ID: CHA275bv
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
- Title: The Jerusalem Windows
- Credits:
Marc Chagall (artist) Jean Leymarie (text and notes), Elaine Desautels (translator, from the French edition)
- Language: English
- Publisher: George Braziller New York 1975, Second Edition; printed and bound in The Netherlands by Smeets Offset, Weert
- Publication Date: 1975
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- ISBN: 0807608076; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 62-18146
- Format: Softcover, Vertical, Small, Slim
- Binding: Paper, Illustrated full-colour covers
- Condition:
Very Good - minor shelfwear, rubbing, handling marks on the covers
- Dustjacket: No dustjacket, as published
- Illustrations: illustrated front and back covers, containing all full-page illustrations, 48 full-colour and 24 B/W
- Pages: 95 pages, white endpapers
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 10.52 x 8.52 x .37 inches | 26.5 x 21.5 x 1 cm
- Weight: 1 lb, 1.4 oz | 494 grams
SYNOPSIS
The Jerusalem Windows
by Jean Leymarie (text and notes), Marc Chagall (illustrations)
“The magnificent stained-glass windows designed by Chagall, now installed in the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem… are without doubt among the most inspiring and beautiful pieces of all twentieth-century art.” quoted from back cover
The chapter for each tribe begins with one page text of historical reference followed by two pages of B/W plates and four pages of colour illustrations.
Contents include:
- p.v Table of Contents
p.vii Introduction
p.xix Dimensions of the Preparatory Drawings, The Stained-Glass windows
p.1 Tribe of Reuben
p.9 Tribe of Simeon
p.17 Tribe of Levi
p.25 Tribe of Judah
p.33 Tribe of Zebulun
p.41 Tribe of Issachar
p.49 Tribe of Dan
p.57 Tribe of Gad
p.65 Tribe of Asher
p.73 Tribe of Naphtali
p.81 Tribe of Joseph
p.89 Tribe of Benjamin
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
- Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887-1985)
- Jean Leymarie (French, 1919-2006) Historian, Author
This book is categorized as shown below. Click on the red links below to see more books and art in these categories.
by Artist: Chagall, French, Jean Leymarie, Marc, Marc Chagall, Russian
by Collection: Book, Historical, Pattern, Religious & Spiritual, Second Edition, Softcover, Storytelling, Window
by Book Attribute: English Text, Illustrations, Second Printing, Softcover
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