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Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (No. I, Chapel Colo. Springs)
Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (No. I, Chapel Colo. Springs)
Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (No. I, Chapel Colo. Springs)

Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (No. I, Chapel Colo. Springs)

Artist (American, 1886 - 1978)
Datecirca 1943
Place DepictedColorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Mediumpencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 26 x 31 in. (66 x 78.7 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978
Object number2008.1.243
DescriptionPlan for a detail of a proposed reredos commissioned by Julie Penrose for a chapel in Colorado Springs, CO, a design that was never executed in full. In a square in the upper right corner there is a bird sitting on the branch of a tree with acorns on it. Below, in the lower right there is a design with two four-petaled flowers separated by a square. Along the left edge there is another design with flowers and squares.
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