ARCHITECTURE NOTRE DAME DE TOUTE GRACE PLATEAU D'ASSY - Lot 170

ARCHITECTURE NOTRE DAME DE TOUTE GRACE PLATEAU D'ASSY ARCHITECTURE Notre-Dame de Toute Grace, Plateau d'Assy (Haute-Savoie) Architect Maurice Novarina, Fernand Léger mosaic on façade and interior Many artists worked on this project between 1937 and 1946, including Pierre Bonnard, Germaine Richier, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque and Marc Chagall. The huge tapestry (which is the book's cover) is by Jean Lurçat. ' But we decided to bet on genius''. When it was discovered that the artists had been chosen, not for their religious commitment, but for their talents, this provoked a lively controversy. (the "querelle de l'art sacré"). éditions Paroissiales d'Assy, undated Includes 2 postcards