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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.189
People
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
song about the greatness
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/340087

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
75.6 × 91.4 cm (29 3/4 × 36 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Printed quote reads: MAKES MEATBALLS SING let the ocean thunder with all its waves the world and all who dwell there the rivers clap their hands the mountains shout together with joy before the lord for he comes PS 97

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Siri Gopal Singh, Los Angeles, CA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Corita Art Center Cat. #64-19

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
2012.189
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), p. 26, fig. 12a; pp. 168-169, cat. 42, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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