Venus Rising from the Sea

Artist Violet Oakley (American, 1874 - 1961)

Date1940

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 40 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (102.2 x 76.8 cm)
Frame: 49 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. (125.1 x 100.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Bette and Arnold Hoffman

Object number2017.114

Collections

Appropriation
American
Identity
Water and the Environment
Time
Gender and Sexuality

ClassificationsPainting

Object NamePainting

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

On view

Century

Twentieth

More Information

Signedbottom right: VIOLET / OAKLEY

Inscribedverso bottom center of frame: OAKLEY; verso bottom of frame: 10110-30x40 GOLD BUR 168 / #21 Stencil 16622; verso label on top left of frame: Violet Oakley / "Venus Rising from the Sea" / Lake George / OP91 1940

Exhibition HistoryInaugural Installation: 20th Century American Galleries (112), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 - present; Conversations Across the Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 7 - May 14, 2023.