Illustration of shield and "sapphire" sample of blue to be used in manuscript for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]

The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]

Object Details

Title:

Date:

c. 1922

Artist:

Medium:

Blue watercolor on paper with guidelines in graphite

Dimensions

11 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.

Classification

Books

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[top center in graphite]: Sample of blue to be used in Manuscript -- V.O.; [right marginalia in graphite]: This is / pure / ultramarine / with a very / small / amount of / white; [verso in graphite]: .35 / 500 [underscore] / $175.00

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