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Composition study for "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" ... Image 1

Composition study for "Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable altarpiece, for Naval Medical Centre Bethesda, Maryland

Date
1944
Medium
Pen and ink, graphite and red pencil on strathmore board
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Dimensions
23 x 29 in.

Description & Inscriptions

[left panel center and bottom in ink]: Fountain Of / Life; Pool / Of / Bethesda; [center panel in ink]: [Passages from John 5:8]; [right panel center and bottom in ink] Tree Of / Life; House / Of /Mercy; [right panel lower left corner in ink]: V.O. / 1944; [below left in graphite]: Preliminary drawing. Triptych for The Naval Medical Centre, Bethesda, Maryland/Donors--Colonial Dames, Chapter III, Washington, D.C.; [below right in graphite]: Violet Oakley, Philadelphia; [bottom right in graphite]: Instead House of Mercy / put arise take up thy bed & walk; [verso in ink]: Please return to / Violet Oakley / St. George's Road, West of McCallum St. / Philadelphia, 19-, Pennsylvania / [Express address]

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