Chagall: Over the City (1924)

Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Over the City
Oil on Canvas, 67.5 x 91 cm (2'2" x 2'10")
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (1924)

To Chagall, love was an expression of freedom. Here the lovers— in this case the painter and his wife, Bella Rosenfeld— throw off their earthly ties and set off on a flight of liberation.