Date: August 1982
Credit Line: Bequest of Edith Emerson
Means of Accession: Bequest
Made/Created
Artist
Violet Oakley
Date made
1942
Place
City
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed
Height
31-1/2 in
Width
22-1/2 in
Dimension Description
Unframed
Height
20 in
Width
29-3/4 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Exhibition Label
Label
This is a study for triptych altarpiece #23 that was painted for the Citizen’s Committee for the Army and Navy and was slated to be aboard the USS Seattle. The triptych depicts Christ and several kneeling figures at sea (Mark 4: 37-40).
