2008.202: it can be said of them
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.202
- People
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Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Title
- it can be said of them
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1969
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328996
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Screen print
- Dimensions
- 29.21 x 57.15 cm (11 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.c.: Corita
- (not assigned): Printed text reads: it can be said of him, as of few men in like position, that he did not fear the weather and did not trim his sails, but instead, challenged the wind itself to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people. the New Yorker
- inscription: l.l., in graphite: 68-69-81
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
- 2008.202
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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of Screen Prints" (Thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim
Verification Level
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