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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.195
People
Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
Title
love your brother
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1969
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328989

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
57.2 × 29.2 cm (22 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Corita
  • (not assigned): Printed text reads: The King is dead. Love your Brother. / Dr. King stares through the rain-spattered window of a police car after his arrest in Birmingham. / "are trampled over every day, don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them. We must use the weapon of love. We must have compassion and understanding for those who hate us." / Dr. King's wife shared his triumph when he learned that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
  • inscription: l.l., in graphite: 68-69-66

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Corita Art Center Cat. #69-66

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
2008.195
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2015), 282, 284-5, cat. 80, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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