Corita Kent
Magpie in the Sky

Magpie in the Sky

© Estate of Corita Kent/ Immaculate Heart Community/ Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Magpie in the Sky
Magpie in the Sky
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Magpie in the Sky
Date1961
MediumScreenprint in colors on paper
DimensionsImage: 29 × 22 1/16 in. (73.7 × 56 cm)
Sheet: 33 7/16 × 23 1/16 in. (85 × 58.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jacqueline L. and Kirk K. Weaver
Object number2019.68
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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed in ink, left bottom edge of image: Magpie in the Sky [cursive]; in graphite: 1961
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: signed in ink, bottom right edge of image: Sister Mary Corita [indecipherable] [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]

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