CRITE, ALLAN

Pen-and-ink drawing with long Biblical quote in Crite's hand. 10 x 8 1/4 inches, several tiny stains; matted; framed. Signed and dated by Crite in the lower right corner. SHOULD BE SEEN Np, 1944 A beautiful image of a black Mary and child Jesus walking through a lower eastside street market, surrounded by street-vendors with a backdrop of tenements. Above and below the image is a long quote from the Wisdom of Solomon, page 94: "Wisdom reacheth from one end to another, mightily and sweetly doth she order all things. She is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility, yea the Lord of all things himself loved her.".