Four plates from: "Words of Ugo Betti: Innocence and the Process of Justification in the Late Plays of Ugo Betti," 1965

Mary (Sister) Corita Kent

1918-1986

Four plates from: "Words of Ugo Betti: Innocence and the Process of Justification in the Late Plays of Ugo Betti," 1965

Four screenprints in colors on wove paper
Edition: 7/275
Each signed in ink along the lower edge, at center: Sister Mary Kent; loose, as issued, presented together within the protective section of the original book with red cloth-covered boards; Immaculate Heart College Press, Los Angeles, CA, pub.
Each image/sheet: 17.125" H x 13.5" W

This is not the complete set of eight screenprints. This set comprises only four screenprints, which include: "Each of Us is the Only Person," "Have Confidence," "Perhaps That is His Purpose," and "I am Sinning Still." However, the set of four is still together inside the original special edition book "Words of Ugo Betti: Innocence and the Process of Justification in the Late Plays of Ugo Betti." Corita Kent created these screenprints for Sister Marier Fluerette's essay included in the special edition book.

According to the description page in the original red portfolio book, "Designed and hand-set in Bembo type by Saul & Lillian Marks 275 copies printed on specially made Curtis all-rag paper at the Plantin Press for the Immaculate Heart College Press with a suite of eight original serigraphs on 3M Art Fabric by Sister Mary Corita, I.H.M. Binding by the Schuberth Bookbindery, San Francisco... This is number 7."

Condition: Note that this lot is lacking four screenprints from the original set of eight. Each of the four screenprints are in overall good condition. The full sheet, loose, as issued. The pages of the book with occasional soft creasing and handling marks, primarily at the outer edges and corners, and the original red fabric covering of the book's outer boards slightly discolored and/or worn, all commensurate with age and use.

Four loose screenprints housed within the book measuring:17.5" H x 14" W x 0.25" D

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