Illuminated text study for "Prayer for our Enemies," Christmas, 1942

Illuminated Texts

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1942

Artist:

Medium:

Red and black ink on board with black ink on paper mounted with glue on board

Dimensions

14 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.

Classification

Illuminated Texts

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[top left, sideways, in graphite]: 3/4" in / [illegible] / printed; [bottom left in graphite]: #8216According to the marginalia that Oakley incorporates into the design, the prayer is from an article that appeared in the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette and quoted in the Christian Science Sentinel (December 5, 1942).

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