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Study for an "Ascension" altarpiece and inscriptions
Study for an "Ascension" altarpiece and inscriptions

Study for an "Ascension" altarpiece and inscriptions

An "Ascension" Altarpiece
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Object Details

Title:
Study for an "Ascension" altarpiece and inscriptions
Date:
c. 1940
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on black paper; pen and ink and color pencil and graphite on paper
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (image/sheet)
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[inscription page in black ink]: [passages from Luke 24:51-52 regarding the Ascension]; [On verso in graphite]: Project for church mural

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