Corita Kent
The Gull Sees Farthest Who Flies Highest, ca. 1970
Lithograph on wove paper
Signed in graphite pencil lower right front
Unnumbered
15 × 11 1/4 inches
Unframed
Signed in graphite pencil lower right front
Sister Corita created this exquisite print exclusively for the Westinghouse Corporation who commissioned her to help design their print ad campaign on excellence; as such it was not distributed or sold to the general public. The print bears a a quote by Richard Bach “The gull sees farthest who flies highest.“ from his influential bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, first published in 1970.
The print is pencil signed lower right. It was inherited from the estate of a Westinghouse Corporation executive. Rarely seen on the market,
Catalogue References:
Westinghouse Commission, Berry / Duncan 73-W-6, 1973