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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.141
People
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
a breath of fresh air
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1969
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/315364

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
image: 57.3 x 29.2 cm (22 9/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 58.6 x 30.3 cm (23 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.c.: Corita
  • (not assigned): Printed text reads: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR // I think Gene’s whole effort has been to bring dissent and the hope for change into the normal political process. Abagail.
  • inscription: l.l., in graphite: 68-69-75

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Corita Art Center Cat#: 69-75

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
2008.141
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007

Verification Level

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