Plan for Detail of Penrose Reredos (My Decorative Reredos)
Artist
Eugenie F. Shonnard
(American, 1886 - 1978)
Datecirca 1943
Place DepictedColorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America
Mediumpencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 77 9/16 × 50 1/4 in. (197 × 127.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978
Object number2008.1.126bp
DescriptionTop section of proposed reredos commissioned by Julie Penrose for a chapel in Colorado Springs, CO, a design that was never executed in full. A central figure of Mary is surrounded by angels, a shepherd, a woman with a child in her arms, a scene of five seated men, and motifs of birds, flowers, and acorns.On View
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Eugenie F. Shonnard
circa 1943
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