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Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (Panel Below Center Figure)
Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (Panel Below Center Figure)
Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (Panel Below Center Figure)

Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (Panel Below Center Figure)

Artist (American, 1886 - 1978)
Datecirca 1943
Place DepictedColorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Mediumpencil on paper
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978
Object number2008.1.126am
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 the top half, five figures sit next to each other, each with a different object or gesture. From left to right, the leftmost holds a musical instrument (guitar?), the next holds a book, the middle figure holds nothing and raises his left hand, the next holds a paintbrush and artist's palette, and the last holds a tool (hammer?). Beneath them is a band of alternating flowers and squares. Above them are squiggly lines that follow the contours of their heads.
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