z is zorba

Artist Corita Kent (American, 1918 - 1986)

Titles

z from the Signal Code Alphabet

Date1968

Mediumscreenprint

DimensionsSheet: 17 1/2 × 23 in. (44.1 × 58.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert Cugno and Robert Logan

CultureAmerican

Inscribed68-69-26

PortfolioSignal Code Alphabet

Catalogue raisonnéCAC 68-26

Object numberPC2017.11.55

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionThe print is split into four triangles with different colored backgrounds: red, black, yellow, and blue. All of the writing is in yellow, with the exception of the area with the yellow background which has red writing. In the center of the print there is a "Z" with an elaborate design surrounding it. On the right-hand side of the print, the words "Zorba and the whole catastrophe" are written sideways in the blue triangle.

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