h is for my heart

Artist Corita Kent (American, 1918 - 1986)

Titles

h from the Signal Code Alphabet

Date1968

Mediumscreenprint

DimensionsSheet: 23 × 17 1/2 in. (58.4 × 44.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert Cugno and Robert Logan

CultureAmerican

Inscribed68-69-8

PortfolioSignal Code Alphabet

Catalogue raisonnéCAC 68-08

Object numberPC2017.11.47

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionThe top half of the print has an uncolored background with red imagery and lettering, while the bottom half of the print has a red background with uncolored imagery and lettering. There is an "H" in an elaborate font written sideways. There are two human faces in the top half and the head of a bird in the bottom left. There is an unattributed quote written throughout the print from The Frog Prince by The Brothers Grimm: "the wheel does not break; 'tis the band round my heart that, to lessen its ache, when I grieved for your sake, I bound round my (heart symbol)."

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