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Study for center panel, "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville
Study for center panel, "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville

Study for center panel, "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville

"Madonna of the Ship" World War II Portable Altarpiece
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USS Nashville

Object Details

Title:
Study for center panel, "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville
Date:
c. 1945
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite and orange pencil on cardboard
Dimensions
14 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[panel top in graphite]: The sea is his and he made it; [panel bottom in graphite]: And his hands prepared the dry lands; [lower left in graphite]: (Study for line composition); [lower center in graphite]: "Madonna of the Ship;" [lower right in graphite]: Violet Oakley, Philadelphia; [verso in ink]: Please return to / Violet Oakley / St. George's Road, West of McCallum Street / Philadelphia, 19; [in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initialsThe inscriptions at top and bottom are taken from Psalm 95:5.

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