Harvard Art Museums > 2008.172: the sea queen 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"the sea queen (Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)) , 2008.172,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/328966. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.172 People Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts) Title the sea queen Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1967 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/328966 Physical Descriptions Technique Screen print Dimensions 50.2 × 58.4 cm (19 3/4 × 23 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: Corita (not assigned): Printed text reads: Enjoy / 20/20 FORESIGHT / The sea queen comes to me, her mist—borne salt breeze in early morning hours—she speaks greeting to the stillness life-bearing waters flood her gaze long and deep and trip in a glance the lever of my spirit—she waits in the expectant wash of dawn—then leaps up as a sun—flown shaft of brilliance, or laughter—giving but a glimpse of her treasure to the world, and disappearing into her own waters. Unspeakably deep is her heart—music—singing inviting sea-thoughts to the deity. Wide and unsearchable her waters—beating unknown rhythms in their depths—I hear the seabird's cry—no sooner piped, then mysteriously hidden and unclaimed. I stand thought-locked in the long pre-dawn hours, watching the light play on her surface—I contemplate her brave communion with the sky. There! the sky bends low and hovers over her—she is covered with its fine mist... Sister Claude State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Corita Art Center Cat. #67-35 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 2008.172 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 Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), pp. 124-125, cat. 30, 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
