Detail: Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos
Artist
Eugenie F. Shonnard
(American, 1886 - 1978)
Datecirca 1943
Place DepictedColorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Mediumpencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 36 × 105 1/4 in. (91.4 × 267.3 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978
Object number2008.1.126ba
DescriptionPlan for a detail of a Top section of proposed reredos commissioned by Julie Penrose for a chapel in Colorado Springs, CO, a design that was never executed in full. This design has three vignettes of birds perched on branches with acorns. The side rectangles each have one bird and seven acorns, while the middle rectangle is wider, with two birds and twelve acorns. A line of concentric semicircles runs along the top edge. The two bottom corners have squares, each with four acorns. The image is numbered from one to eight along the top and bottom.On View
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Eugenie F. Shonnard
circa 1943
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