Full set of twelve complete sheets of postage stamps, depicting Chagall’s Tribes of Israel series of stained-glass windows, created for the synagogue of the Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,500

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author

CHAGALL, MARC

Place

-1973

Publication

-1977

Description

Each sheet signed boldly signed by Marc Chagall. Fifteen stamps per sheet, each sheet with all edges. 7.7 x 9.1 inches (19.5 x 23 cm). Fine condition.

summary

Following their exhibition in Paris and New York, Chagall’s celebrated Jerusalem Windows were permanently installed in February, 1962. In 1973 the State of Israel issued a series of fine commemorative postage stamps.

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