Study for "Eve at the Feet of the Virgin Mary" proposed fountain
Date
1936–37Medium
Oil on canvasboardCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
23 3/8 x 15 5/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[verso on label 1 of 3 in ink]: Violet Oakley / Eve at the Feet of the Virgin / Mary, design for mountain [sic] / oil sketch on canvas board; [verso on label 2 of 3 in ink]: 348 [in triangle]; [verso label 3 of 3 in ink]: S-99; [verso in ink]: 127
In this study, Oakley imagines the Redemption of Eve as great public fountain. The artist experimented with the imagery for the first time in her Divine Comedy window of 1912.
In this study, Oakley imagines the Redemption of Eve as great public fountain. The artist experimented with the imagery for the first time in her Divine Comedy window of 1912.
