Illlustration study of Page [15] "The Tree of Knowledge" for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Date
c. 1955Medium
Black ink and graphite on paper with framing lines in black ink and guidelines in graphiteCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom right of illustration in black ink]: V.O.; [caption below illustration in black ink]: The Tree of Knowledge; [perpendicular and right of illustration in graphite]: 2 9/16; [perpendicular and right of 2 9/16, struck over with "X" in graphite]: 3 inches; [bottom left in graphite]: No. 5; [verso in graphite]: 2 of 7/1-1-2; [verso, struck over in graphite]: 137/12