x give a damn

Artist Corita Kent (American, 1918 - 1986)

Printer Harry Hambly (Hambly Studios, Santa Clara, CA)

Titles

x from circus alphabet

Date1968

Mediumscreenprint

DimensionsSheet: 23 × 23 in. (58.4 × 58.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert Cugno and Robert Logan

CultureAmerican

Inscribed68-69-54

Portfoliocircus alphabet

Catalogue raisonnéCAC 68-54

Object numberPC2017.11.12

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionBright yellow X in the middle of the image on a bright purple background. Bright yellow speech bubble on the right side which says "Give a damn." Above and below the speech bubble are hand-written quotes: "love is the every only God" by E. E. Cummings / "the real circus with acrobats, jugglers and bareback rides," unattributed. Bright yellow area on the left side of the image with an advertisement from New York Urban Coalition.

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