Four Seasons is a mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...

 by Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J...

 that is located in Chase Tower Plaza

Chase Tower (Chicago)

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 in the Loop

Chicago Loop

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 district of Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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. The mosaic was a gift to the City of Chicago by Frederick H. Prince

Frederick H. Prince

Frederick Henry Prince was an American stockbroker, investment banker and financier.He was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, the son of Frederick O. Prince, former Mayor of the city of Boston and Helen Henry Prince. He studied at Harvard University, but left in his sophomore year to get an early...

 (via the Prince Charitable Trusts); it is wrapped around four sides of a 70 feet (21.3 m) long, 14 feet (4.3 m) high, 10 feet (3 m) wide rectangular box, and was dedicated on September 27, 1974. It was renovated in 1994 and a protective glass canopy was installed.

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

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