Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative
- ISBN-10
- 0804742146
- ISBN-13
- 9780804742146
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 1026
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- Benjamin Harshav, Barbara Harshav, Marc Chagall
Description
Renowned Israeli-American scholar Harshav presents the first comprehensive investigation of Marc Chagall's life and consciousness after the classic 1961 biography by Chagall's son-in-law Franz Meyer.
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