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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.149
People
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
the sure one
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1966
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328943

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
74.61 x 91.76 cm (29 3/8 x 36 1/8 in.)
frame: 94.3 x 109.5 x 3.8 cm (37 1/8 x 43 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: center right: Sister Mary Corita
  • (not assigned): Printed text reads: Dial "0" FOR HELP / The Sure One / Anybody who thinks he can manage alone, he's an idiot

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Corita Art Center Cat. #66-23

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
2008.149
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of Screen Prints" (Thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim
  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 192-193, cat. 53, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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