This lithograph by Marc Chagall is titled “The Tribe of Gad” from his Jerusalem Windows series published in 1964. Chagall was a Russian artist from Belarus. He emigrated to France in 1910, just before World War I. He was a modernist who drew inspiration from dreams. His themes incorporated recollections of his early years in Russia, his native village, flying lovers, mythical creatures of folklore and legend, and a love for his adopted city of Paris. He was recognized as one of the foremost color lithographers of the 20th century. The lithographs in this series are some of the most important works in his oeuvre. They showcased the beauty and intricacy of the actual stained glass windows he created for the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. In 1959 Chagall was approached by the President of Hadassah and the architect who designed the medical center and they commissioned Chagall to create the stained glass windows for the synagogue that was to be part of the medical center. Each of the twelve windows would represent one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Chagall worked on the project for two years, with the windows ultimately exhibited in Paris in June of 1961 and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the winter of 1961. In February 1962, they were permanently installed in the synagogue. The twelve tribes of Israel represented the twelve kin groups of ancient Israel who descended from Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. Upon Jacob’s death, the territory of Israel was divided among his twelve sons, becoming the twelve tribes of Israel. The complete title for the series is the Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem. Signed by Chagall in the margin above the arch on the left. The overall size is 28 x 24 3/8 in. wide and the sight size is 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. wide.