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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.202
People
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
it can be said of them
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1969
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328996

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
29.21 x 57.15 cm (11 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.c.: Corita
  • (not assigned): Printed text reads: it can be said of him, as of few men in like position, that he did not fear the weather and did not trim his sails, but instead, challenged the wind itself to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people. the New Yorker
  • inscription: l.l., in graphite: 68-69-81

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
2008
Object Number
2008.202
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Harry Metcalf, "Corita Kent: A Technical Study of a Group of Screen Prints" (Thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim

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