Canticle of the Fountain (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book) including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain)

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Canticle of the Fountain (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book) including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain)

1937

Violet Oakley (American, 1874–1961)

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Object Details

Title:

Canticle of the Fountain (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book) including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain)

Date:

1937

Artist:

Violet Oakley (American, 1874–1961)

Medium:

Book: brush and black ink and red opaque watercolor with graphite ruling on cream, deckle-edged, laid paper (six folios); Drawing: black and white opaque watercolor on blue wove paper, tipped in on cream, deckle-edged, laid paper on page two recto

Dimensions:

Book: 15 x 12 x 1/8 inches (38.1 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm) Sheet (drawing): 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (26.7 x 20.6 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2009

Accession Number:

2009-72-1

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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