It is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas / Sister Mary Corita. – Antique Print
![It is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas / Sister Mary Corita., [196-] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9ee8b2176018-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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It is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas / Sister Mary Corita.
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This silkscreen print takes its text from its title, "It is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas," set against a sun motif that gives the Library of Congress record its only named subject. Sister Mary Corita, the Catholic nun who taught art at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, made many prints like this in the 1960s, combining bold flat color, hand-cut shapes and slogans drawn from everyday language and reading. The sun, a common image in her work, pairs with the phrase to suggest light and provocation together. The record gives only a decade, so the exact year of printing remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [196-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen. |
| Genre | Abstract prints 1960-1970.Silkscreen prints Color 1960-1970. |
| Subjects | Sun--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,316 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166968 |
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