Composition study for "Fulfilling of the Law" World War II portable altarpiece
Date
c. 1941–45Medium
Sanguine and graphite on cardboardCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
14 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.Description & Inscriptions
[left panel, top in graphite]: (The Commands of Moses); [left panel, bottom in graphite]: [passage from Luke 16]; [center panel, top in graphite]: (Love is the Fulfilling of the Law); [center panel, bottom in graphite]: [passage from Luke 10]; [right panel, top in graphite]: (A New Commandment); [right panel, bottom in graphite]: [passage from John 13 at bottom]; [centered below triptych in graphite]: "The Fulfilling of the Law;" [lower right in graphite]: Violet Oakley, Philadelphia; [verso in ink]: Please return to / Violet Oakley / St. George's Road, West of McCallum St. / Philadelphia, 19-