Composition study for an "Adoration of the Magi (or The Epiphany)" World War II portable altarpiece, with inscriptions and door panels
Date
c. 1941–45Medium
Graphite, charcoal and pastel on heavy paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
23 x 29 in.Description & Inscriptions
[left panel above and below emblem in graphite]: We Have Seen / His Star In / The East; [right panel above and below emblem in graphite]: And Are Come / To Worship / Him; [lower left in red ink]: stamped monogram initials; [lower right in red ink]: stamped signature; [bottom left in ink]: Epiphany