Four Seasons (Chagall) Explained

Four Seasons
Artist:	Marc Chagall
Year:	1974
City:	Chicago
Museum:	Chase Tower Plaza

Four Seasons is a 1974 mosaic by Marc Chagall that is located in Chase Tower Plaza in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois. The mosaic was a gift to the City of Chicago by Frederick H. Prince (via the Prince Charitable Trusts); it is wrapped around four sides of a 70feet long, 14feet high, 10feet wide rectangular box, and was dedicated on September 27, 1974.^[1] It was renovated in 1994 and a protective glass canopy was installed.^[2]

The mosaic was the subject of a 1974 documentary film, The Gift: Four Seasons Mosaic of Marc Chagall, directed by Chuck Olin.^[3]

See also

• List of artworks by Marc Chagall
• List of public art in Chicago

External links

• The Four Seasons Smithsonian American Art Museum: Art Inventories Catalog
• Smithsonian American Art Museum Save Outdoor Sculpture!
• Marc Chagall’s Four Seasons in Chicago – His largest mosaic work

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chagall: Four Seasons . 2007-08-05 . .
2. Web site: Mary Ann . Sullivan . Four Seasons . 2007-08-05 . Digital Imaging Project .
3. Web site: The Gift: Four Seasons Mosaic of Marc Chagall . 2007-08-05 . .