Happy birthday to Marc Chagall, born on this day in 1887. Did you know that this massive 30 by 50 foot painting was created as a stage backdrop for the Ballet Theatre of New York? Chagall’s vibrant work now presides over the Museum’s West entrance.
“A Wheatfield on a Summer’s Afternoon,” 1942, by Marc Chagall (© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris)
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