O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek/​To be consoled, as to console,/To be understood as to understand;/To be loved as to love./For it is in giving that we receive;/It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;/It is in dying that we are born to 

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Copied Abraham Rattner, "O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek/To be consoled, as to console,/To be understood as to understand;/To be loved as to love./For it is in giving that we receive;/It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;/It is in dying that we are born to , 1954, oil on paperboard, sheet: 3021 34 in. (76.255.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.246

Artwork Details

Title
O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek/​To be consoled, as to console,/To be understood as to understand;/To be loved as to love./For it is in giving that we receive;/It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;/It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” – Saint Francis of Assisi. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Date
1954
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 3021 34 in. (76.255.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure male
  • Animal — bird
Object Number
1984.124.246