news of the week

Artist Corita Kent (American, 1918 - 1986)

Date1969

Mediumscreenprint

DimensionsSheet: 23 1/8 × 12 1/8 in. (58.7 × 30.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchased through the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Rose Guth, Mina Krenz, Caroline Leinung, and Samantha Mercer

CultureAmerican

Markings68-69-64

InscribedI am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of dogs, Hell and despair are upon me, crack again and crack the marksman, I clutch the rails of the fence, my gore dribs, thinned with the ooze of my skin. I fall on the weeds and stones, the riders spurr their unwilling horses, haul close, taunt my dizzy ears and beat me voilently over the head with whip-stocks. Agonies are one of my changes of garments, I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person, my hurts turn livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe. -Walt Whitman, American poet (1819-1892)

Catalogue raisonnéCAC 69-64

Object numberPC2015.03.01

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionTop image is the April 12, 1965 cover of Newsweek; image on bottom right is the July 2, 1965 cover of Life Magazine; bottom center image is an illustration of a packed slave ship; bottom left is a excerpt of a poem by Walt Whitman.

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