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Mark Chagall's signature on the issue announcing the opening of 'Chagall Windows' to the public

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01.11.2021 07:00pm

A festive issue of ISRAEL YOUTH HORIZON magazine on the occasion of the opening of the synagogue on the Hadassah Ein Kerem campus and the opening of 'Chagall Windows' to the general public, Jerusalem, February 1962. on the title page Chagall's signature. Important, and rare.

Chagall windows are a series of twelve windows in the synagogue of the Hadassah Ein Kerem medical campus. The windows have stained glass windows representing the tribes of Israel, and they were created by Marc Chagall and are named after him. The windows are considered Chagall's most famous work in Israel. The synagogue for which the windows were designed was built of Jerusalem stone and inaugurated on February 6, 1962. (In 1973, the Israel Post issued a series of stamps describing the twelve windows).

Next to a photograph of Chagall himself against the background of the windows he created, as stated, Chagall signed..

Complete sheet. Slight tears on title page, missing tears on last page. Good-moderate condition.

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205. Mark Chagall's signature on the issue announcing the opening of 'Chagall Windows' to the public