ST. JEROME FOR CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, QUEENS, ORIGINAL DRAWING

[SCULPTOR MICHAEL GRESSEL ORIGINAL DRAWING OF ST. JEROME FOR CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, QUEENS, ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT BY JOHN J. O'MALLEY AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE FIRM, BROOKLYN] ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING OF SAINT JEROME HOLDING BIBLE AND QUILL PEN WITH LION SITTING AT HIS FEET by sculptor Michal Gressel with a purple-toned print of the drawing on tan paper done by the architecture firm John O'Malley and Associates, with this firm's stamp in lower right corner with "Approval As Noted" circled in red pencil along with initials J. B.M. and 6-16-67 date, a second stamp for Jacob Morgenthaler's Sons, Architectural Woodwork, Brooklyn, NY, noting Michael Gressel as the creator of the drawing for the project Cathedral College, Douglaston, Queens, with John O'Malley & Associates as the architect, a large, elongated drawing for the sculpture of Saint Jerome conceived by sculptor Michael Gessel of a large-size figure with a halo holding a Bible and quill pen with a lion sitting at his feet and the name "St. Jerome" vertically in large outline letters at the lower left edge, black pencil, 18" wide x 50" high, the O'Malley architecture firm print of Gressel's pencil drawing is the same size and purple-tinted with brown pencil highlighting of parts of the lion; one-of-a-kind surviving architectural work (see O'Malley note belw) /// NOTES: MICHAEL GRESSEL: d. 2000, came to the United States [from Germany] in 1928 where he attended and received a certificate from The Beaux Art Institute of New York…listed in the Who's Who in American Art and The Who's Who in The East…Director of the Hudson Valley Art Association and Past Officer of the Steuben Society of America…also a Member of the National Sculpture Society…won numerous Awards Nationwide and has works in Permanent Collection in The Pentagon and in The Metropolitan Museum of Art…has works in St. John The Evangelist Church, Stepinac High School and St. Patrick's of Armonk [and] in numerous other churches and private collections throughout the United States. (lohud – The Journal News, online obituary, June 18, 2000); JOHN J. O'MALLEY: 1915-1970, American architect based in Brooklyn, NY, known primarily for his work as an architect for the Archdiocese of New York. He founded John O'Malley & Associates, which designed approximately twenty churches, thirty schools, and thirty other buildings for the Catholic Church. His firm designed more than 150 buildings during his career. O'Malley also designed public buildings and private residences. (wikipedia)… "[S]hortly after moving his family into their new home [on Long Island] [O'Malley] suffered a fatal heart attack in 1970 at the age of 54. Having been the lifeblood of his firm, it quickly shut down without him and the files were lost." (Queens Modern, Featured Architect: John O'Malley; JACOB MORGENTHALER'S SONS: woodwork architecture firm established in the 19th century active in public and private projects in the New York City area through the 20th century, limited online references have dates of the early 1900s such as 1911 and also 1940s apparently for some work for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. (online sources) /// CONDITION: Gressel pencil drawing well-preserved, scattered light creases and ruffling; O'Malley architecture firm copy has four horizontal folds and a light vertical crease in the mid-section of the figure, and at the top above the figure and the bottom below the figure are small half-circles by the O'Malley firm as guides for printing with associated pencil guide; SHIPPING NOTE: the two items will be shipped rolled in a mailing tube by USPS priority mail, free shipping to any U. S. address.