Sister Mary Corita Kent
(American, 1918-1986)
I Love You, Uneasy Balance. & Blue Zenith (2)
screen prints in colors on wove paper
I Love You signed Sister Mary Corita in light blue ink to the lower right.; Blue Zenith in., titled and signed blue zenith Sister Mary Corita in pencil across lower margin.; # 7 ed. 90 penciled to lower right corner verso.
largest 29 1/2 x 35 1/2in (75 x 90cm); 7 x 15 1/4in (18 x 39cm)
Note "I Love You" text derived from Margery Williams children's classic The Velvetine Rabbit.The text is from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and reads: "What is real, asked the rabbit one day when they were lying side by side. Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stickout handle. Real isn't how you're made said the Skin Horse. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become real. Does it hurt? asked the Rabbit. Sometimes, said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. When you are Real you don't mind being hurt. Does it happen all at once, like being wound up or bit by bit. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose at the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. "

Both framed. I Love You.. bears considerable toning and spotting over all, but retains it's punch of colors and distinct text.; chipping and toning to edges of Blue Zenith as well as thinning and perforations to margins; colors remain clear and bold