Jun 01, 2023 - Sale 2639

Sale 2639 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
Kent, Corita (1918-1986)
Song of Songs, 2:12.

1958.

Serigraph on wove paper, layering impressions from multiple screens, including one used on a piece titled, then feathers all; titled in pencil at bottom left, signed "Sister Mary Corita Kent," in pencil at bottom right, some fading, reverse mat burn; matted and framed, the print 24 x 19 in.; the frame 32 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.

Kent's image was inspired by the verse from the Song of Songs, evoking spring's emergence: "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."