Harvard Art Museums > 2012.186: handle with care 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"handle with care (Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)) , 2012.186,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/340081. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.186 People Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts) Title handle with care Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1967 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, California, Los Angeles Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/340081 Physical Descriptions Technique Screen print Dimensions 58.5 × 88.9 cm (23 1/16 × 35 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r. in black ink (ball point): Corita inscription: Printed quote reads: HANDLE WITH CARE! / SEE THE MAN WHO CAN SAVE YOU THE MOST / there is only one man / No time ago or else a life walking in the dark i met Christ Jesus) my heart flopped over and lay still while he passed (as close as I'm to you yes closer made of nothing except loneliness. e.e.c. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Corita Art Center Cat. #67-18 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 2012 Object Number 2012.186 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 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of Screen Prints" (Thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2013), Unpublished, pp. 1-60 passim Susan Dackerman, ed., Corita Kent and the Language of Pop, exh.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. 74, 110-111, cat. 23, 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
