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Composition study for "Fulfilling of the Law" World War II portable altarpiece
Composition study for "Fulfilling of the Law" World War II portable altarpiece

Composition study for "Fulfilling of the Law" World War II portable altarpiece

"The Fulfilling of the Law" World War II Portable Altarpiece
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Object Details

Title:
Composition study for "Fulfilling of the Law" World War II portable altarpiece
Date:
c. 1941–45
Artist:
Medium:
Gouache, gold and graphite on board
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 23 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[left panel, top and bottom, in red gouache]: The Ten Commandments of Moses; If they hear not Moses -- neither will / they believe tho' one rose from the dead; [center panel, top and bottom, in blue gouache]: Love is the fulfilling of the law; Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy soul and with all thy mind / and with all thy strength & thou shall love thy neighbor as thy self; [right panel, top and bottom, in red gouache]: A new commandment; If ye know these things happy / are we if ye do them ...; [below left, in graphite]: [Be persuaded] / St. Luke XVI:; [below center, in graphite]: The Fulfilling Of / The Law; [below right, in graphite]: Violet Oakley, Philadelphia; [bottom left corner, in graphite]: Accepted 5/17/44; [verso, in ink]: Please return to / Violet Oakley / St. George's Road, West of McCallum St. / Philadelphia, 19-

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