VI Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
VI Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
- Collection ID
- ART.001219.12
- Type
- Art
- Date
- 1967
- Geography
- United States
- Language
- N/A
- Medium
- Ink on Paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 × 16 in. (55 × 40.6 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- Not on View
VI Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus is an etching created by American artist Nancy Snooks, a pupil of Sister Corita Kent, a nun and head of the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her life, Snooks explored a variety of aesthetics within the abstract and expressionist genres, but kept her content primarily focused on religious subjects. For a time, her prints emulated the pop art style of Kent during the 1960s and 1970s, with bright blocks of color and graphic texts. This print, number four in a set of 25, is an example of Snooks’s expressionism that explored Christian narratives within a modern construct.
Created in 1967 by Nancy Snooks, California; Donated in 2022 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[1]
Notes: [1] Donated through fellow artist and friend Sandra Bowden.
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