Harvard Art Museums > 2012.191: tender be - part one - sr. william Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"tender be - part one - sr. william (Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)) , 2012.191,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/340211. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.191 People Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts) Title tender be - part one - sr. william Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1964 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, California, Los Angeles Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/340211 Physical Descriptions Technique Screen print Dimensions 76.2 × 91.4 cm (30 × 36 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: Sister Mary Corita IHM inscription: Printed quote reads: TENDER / So yes, I think Mary laughed out loud -—she laughed whole heartedly, without rancor, and with great compassion, and with real reverence. If she were here today in her physical nature she would surely laugh. She would laugh at our wreaths; she would laugh at our pop art; she would laugh — compassionately — at the consternation of some of us at this riot of sound and color, at our uncertainty about its suitability for a day of religious celebration. Frankly, I think May would want this day, that she would like to think that it was well explained by calling it her day. She is the cause of our joy — and I hope that we bring her joy by praising her with our hearts on high. If we were only loud and bright, perhaps we could hope only for the indulgent smile of the mother of very small children. Our colors, however are the colors of the market place, the colors of life-giving food, and our sounds are the sounds of the here and now, and they are meant to say: mother, I am concerned for my brother, who is your son. My brother starves, he weeps, he dies. He is myself. Today is a loud call to our mother asking her to teach us what she knows of filling the emptiness, drying the tears, and easing the death of our brother. We ask to be taken out of ourselves (this is the whole burden of "Pacem in Terris"). Words from Sr. William on Mary's Day 1964 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Susan Lawrence Fine Art, Kansas City, MO], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition Edition of 50 Standard Reference Number Corita Art Center Cat. #64-22 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Copyright © Courtesy of the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.191 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 152-154, cat. 36, ill. (color) Exhibition History Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, 02/13/2016 - 04/13/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
