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"Receiving Honors"
"Receiving Honors"

"Receiving Honors"

Object number2011.034.0006
Date1968 - 1985
ClassificationsArt
Artist Bernadine Stetzel
ObjectArtwork
Credit LineBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
DescriptionOil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts John F. Kennedy receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "On June 11, 1944, Lieutenant John F. Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal." An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
"John Glenn"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Peace Corps"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Freedom 7"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Receiving Honorary Degree"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Sinking of PT 109"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Trip to Costa Rica"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"A Final Salute"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"J.F.K. and Son"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK and RFK"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK Campaigning"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Inauguration"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985