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Text and composition sketch for "Madonna of the Ship" World ... Image 1

Text and composition sketch for "Madonna of the Ship" World War II portable altarpiece, for USS Nashville

Date
c. 1945
Medium
Graphite on paper
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.

Description & Inscriptions

[top in graphite]: U.S.S. [illegible] / U.S.S. Piedmont [bottom in graphite]: S.S. Luce Ship / Nashville [illegible]
The sketch was drawn on the back of a 1944 invitation of the Contemporary Club.

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