handle with care
Corita Kent, handle with care, 1967, color screenprint on paper, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Graphic Arts Council, © Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles, CA, 2016.89.5
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- Title
handle with care
- Artist
- Date
1967
- Medium
color screenprint on paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
CAC 67-18
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 22 1/8 in x 34 1/2 in; sheet: 23 in x 35 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: Corita, colored pencil, bottom right
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
stencil print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Graphic Arts Council
- Accession Number
2016.89.5
- Copyright
© Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles, CA
- Terms
The bold florescent inks of handle with care add a greater urgency to the command to "see the man who can save you the most," a reference to a car dealership, but also a nod to spiritual salvation. Paired with the phrase "handle with care," this suggests the attention owed to both the divine and our fellow humans. This point is underscored by the poem from E. E. Cummings at the left, which emphasizes the humanity of Christ and the possibility of encountering him in our daily lives.
- Exhibitions
2016 Corita Kent: Spiritual Pop Portland Art Museum
