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Study for center panel, "Widow of Nain" World War II portable altarpiece, for Norfolk Naval Hospital (US Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA); Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, NY; Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, TN

Date
c. 1943
Medium
Graphite and charcoal on tracing paper
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Dimensions
48 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.

Description & Inscriptions

[lower right in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initials
The "Widow of Nain" is also known as "The Compassionate Christ: Symbol of Reunion," "Reunion of Mother and Son," and "And He that Was Dead Sat Up."

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