Study for "Eve at the Feet of the Virgin Mary" proposed fountain

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Object Details

Title:

Date:

1936–37

Artist:

Medium:

Oil on canvasboard

Dimensions

23 3/8 x 15 5/8 in.

Classification

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[verso on label 1 of 3 in ink]: Violet Oakley / Eve at the Feet of the Virgin / Mary, design for mountain [sic] / oil sketch on canvs board; [verso on label 2 of 3 in ink]: 348 [in triangle]; [verso label 3 of 3 in ink]: S-99; [verso in ink]: 127

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