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Study for poster of joint exhibition of League of Nations portraits by Violet Oakley and recent European work by Edith Emerson, Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Study for poster of joint exhibition of League of Nations portraits by Violet Oakley and recent European work by Edith Emerson, Art Alliance, Philadelphia

Study for poster of joint exhibition of League of Nations portraits by Violet Oakley and recent European work by Edith Emerson, Art Alliance, Philadelphia

Clubs and Organizations: Additional Projects
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Philadelphia, PA

Object Details

Title:
Study for poster of joint exhibition of League of Nations portraits by Violet Oakley and recent European work by Edith Emerson, Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Date:
1930
Artist:
Medium:
Pen and ink on board with guidelines and notations in graphite
Dimensions
20 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[poster text in black ink]: League of Nations Portraits / by Violet Oakley, N.A. / & recent European work / by Edith Emerson at / The Art Alliance / 251 South 18th Street [space] until January 27th / Admission Free [space] 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; [below poster text at right in red ink]: stamped signature; [bottom left in blue ink]: Exhibition poster. profile of [space] Barrington Hurst; [other printer notations]: Ad Service / #6150 [in graphite]; 192 [in blue pencil]; [bottom left of Hurst illustration in black ink]: V.O. / Geneva; [in adjacent frame in graphite]: Insert portrait / from separate [illegible] / [illegible]The exhibition was held from January 10 to January 27, 1930. Oakley includes an illustration of her portrait of Sir Cecil James Barrington Hurst, delegate from Great Britain (1929). Her note identifying the adjacent portrait is illegible.

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