Harvard Art Museums > 2008.164: somebody had to break the rules Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"somebody had to break the rules (Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)) , 2008.164,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 15, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/328958. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.164 People Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts) Title somebody had to break the rules Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1967 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/328958 Physical Descriptions Technique Screen print Dimensions 76.2 x 91.44 cm (30 x 36 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: l.r.: Corita (not assigned): Printed text reads: SERVIC[E] ENTRAN[CE] / somebody had to break the rules / The rose is a rose and was always a rose but the theory now goes that apple's a rose, and the pear is and so the plum, i suppose. The dear only knows what will next prove a rose. You of course are a rose. But were always a rose. Robert Frost State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Corita Art Center Cat. #67-12 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 2008.164 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Julie Ault, Come Alive! The Spirited Art of Sister Corita, Four Corners Books (London, 2006), p 67 Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 198-200, cat. 55, ill. (color) 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
