1960's Sister Mary Corita Kent Hard Covered Coffee Table Book - 1968

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1960's Sister Mary Corita Kent Hard Covered Coffee Table Book - 1968 -

Offered is a hard covered book about … more 1960's Sister Mary Corita Kent Hard Covered Coffee Table Book - 1968 -

Offered is a hard covered book about the life of Sister Corita.

Bold colors and innovative text over imagery made her the Andy Warhol of the West Coast. A fascinating piece of history, Sister Corita was producing groundbreaking art during the tumult of the 1960s, and is now regarded as a major artist that was fiercely independent and hugely influential.

This book was published in 1968 by Pilgrim Press.

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This book is a great resource about Sister Mary Corita Kent. It includes a catalog of her prints, three essays: Art and Beauty in the Life of the Sister by Sister M. Corita Kent, Corita: Celebration and Creativity by Harvey Cox, and Communications Primer by Samuel A. Eisenstein.

Also included in the appendix are Permanent Collections, Commissions, Partial List of Exhibits, Galleries Where Prints Are (were) Available in 1968.

All pages are intact.

80 pages.

A fascinating piece of history, Corita Kent (1918 - 1986), was a prolific artist, educator, peace activist, and a former nun at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. Kent, inspired by the works of Andy Warhol, began using popular culture as raw material for her work in 1962. She used the process of silk-screening to create thousands of prints with beautifully worded text and quotes.

Poetic, timeless and deeply personal, Kent's work resonates strongly today, as a new generation discovers her genius.

Bold colors and innovative text over imagery made her the Andy Warhol of the West Coast. A fascinating piece of history, Sister Corita was producing groundbreaking art during the tumult of the 1960s, and is now regarded as a major artist that was fiercely independent and hugely influential. less