[CHAGALL, Marc] Jean Leymarie; Elaine Desautels, trans.

The Jerusalem Windows

New York: George Braziller, 1967. First Revised Edition. Quarto (27cm); red publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, in white pictorial dustwrapper; xix,111pp. Boards and dustwrapper have mild shelf wear, with some soiling and rubbing (especially to extremities); top edge creased and slightly rolled, inner flap price-clipped; textblock clean and tight. Near Fine in Very Good or Better dustwrapper.

This is a trade version of the original 1962 version of this book, published to commemorate the installation of Marc Chagall's famous stained-glass Jerusalem Windows, at the Abbell Synagogue at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center. The windows represent the twelve tribes of Israel and are described in detail here with Chagall's artistic intentions made plain by French art critic Jean Leymarie. Readers may also see the progress of each window through b/w illustrations for preparatory sketches, and full color plates and details for the finished models.

Price: $30.00

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