From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections wet and wild

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.177
People: Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title: wet and wild
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1967
Culture: American

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Screen print

Dimensions

45.72 x 58.42 cm (18 x 23 in.)
frame: 68.9 x 84.1 x 3.2 cm (27 1/8 x 33 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.: Corita
(not assigned): Printed text reads: WET & WILD / When he used this word "cup" he was talking about his cross... when he invited us to partake of his cup, he is not inviting us to take a little sip of grape juice, he is inviting us to participate in wall-breaking, in living and dying as a representative of god's shalom—reconciliation

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Corita Art Center Cat. #67-40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.177
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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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

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