Plan for Relief at the Ruth Hanna Memorial Wing

Artist Eugenie F. Shonnard (American, 1886 - 1978)

Datecirca 1950

Place DepictedAlbuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Mediumpencil on paper

Dimensions25 3/4 × 43 5/8 in. (65.4 × 110.8 cm)
Image: 18 1/2 × 43 5/8 in. (47 × 110.8 cm)

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978

Object number2008.1.229

DescriptionPlan for a relief carved for the Ruth Hanna Memorial Wing of the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. The central image is a child with curling hair around its face and a robe that wraps around its legs, or maybe a swaddling blanket. The child has a halo around its head and a cloud-filled circle around its entire body. The child's hands are upraised, palms facing out towards the viewer. The angels have shoulder length hair and loose clothes, and they both kneel with eyes closed, heads down, and palms together in front of them as if in prayer.

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