Sister Mary Corita Kent, Birth

Consideration

• Corita Kent, pencil signed color serigraph in lower left margin, an influential American artist associated with the Pop Art movement, whose works are represented in major museum collections, including MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• A compelling example of Kent's distinctive artistic approach, combining expressive abstract forms, vibrant color, and philosophical text to explore themes of consciousness, transformation, and personal growth.

• A visually striking composition that brings color, intellectual depth, and artistic significance to contemporary interiors, appealing to collectors of twentieth-century American art and modern printmaking.

Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, was an influential American artist and educator associated with the Pop Art movement. Best known for her colorful serigraphs combining typography, spirituality, and social commentary, her work helped establish screenprinting as a significant medium in contemporary art. Her prints are represented in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Birth is a vibrant color serigraph featuring expressive abstract forms in bold shades of blue, red, orange, yellow, and purple, accompanied by the quotation, “There is no birth of consciousness without pain,” attributed to Carl Jung. The composition reflects Kent's distinctive integration of vivid color, expressive imagery, and philosophical reflection, exploring themes of transformation, awareness, and the human experience. Signed in the lower center and inscribed with the artist's inventory number 71-17 on the verso.

Origin: United States

Material: Color serigraph on paper

Condition: Presented in its original frame

Dimensions: Print: 11 × 8 in. | Framed: 17½ × 14½ in

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