Mosaic

Floor mosaic 12, Knesset lobby, Jerusalem

Smiling Face and Animal

(Pavement 12 pour le hall d'entrée de la Knesset, Jérusalem : Visage au sourire et animal)

Author
Marc CHAGALL
In collaboration with
LINO ET HEIDI MELANO, LUIGI GUARDIGLI ET LEONARD LEONI
Numéro catalogue raisonné
M-12
Date de création
1964 - 1966
Technique
Glass pastes, stones and Negev stones
Dimensions
135 13/16 x 88 3/16 in. (345 x 224 cm)
Place of conservation
Knesset, Jérusalem, Israel

Keywords:

Animals, Still-life

  • Floor mosaic 12, Knesset lobby, Jerusalem: Smiling Face and Animal, 1964 - 1966, Mosaic by Marc Chagall

    Marc CHAGALL, in collaboration with LINO ET HEIDI MELANO, LUIGI GUARDIGLI ET LEONARD LEONI, Floor mosaic 12, Knesset lobby, Jerusalem: Smiling Face and Animal (Pavement 12 pour le hall d'entrée de la Knesset, Jérusalem : Visage au sourire et animal), 1964 - 1966, glass pastes, stones and Negev stones, 135 13/16 x 88 3/16 in. (345 x 224 cm), Knesset, Jérusalem © Shai Halevi, The Knesset Archive/ADAGP, Paris, 2025

Provenance (1)

  • Knesset, Jérusalem, Israel

Archives (4)

  • Letter from E. Friedman, Knesset Building Committee (Jerusalem), from E. FRIEDMAN to Marc CHAGALL, February 15, 1966, Archives Marc et Ida Chagall (Paris), AMIC-2A-0118-097
  • Letter from Lino Melano (Paris), from Lino MELANO to Marc CHAGALL, July 31, 1966, Archives Marc et Ida Chagall (Paris), AMIC-4A-0012-169
  • Letter from Lino Melano (Paris), from Lino MELANO to Marc CHAGALL, August 22, 1966, Archives Marc et Ida Chagall (Paris), AMIC-4A-0012-173
  • Postcard from Ida Chagall, from Ida CHAGALL to Marc CHAGALL, September 7, 1969, Archives Marc et Ida Chagall (Paris), AMIC-2A-0257-178

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