Cover design study for guide The Great Wonder: A Vision of the Apocalypse [Philadelphia, 1924]

Vassar College Alumnae House

Poughkeepsie, NY

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c. 1924

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Red and orange watercolor and brown crayon on paper

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

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Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

Oakley created a medieval style illuminated manuscript on vellum to accompany "The Great Wonder: A Vision of the Apocalypse," a triptych she made as a memorial to her sister Hester Caldwell Oakley of the Class of 1891 for the Vassar College Alumnae House in 1924. Designed to be placed on a lectern next to the triptych in the Italianate living room, the illuminated manuscript is now preserved in the Special Collections of the Vassar College Library.

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The Violet Oakley Experience is funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
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