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"Trip to Costa Rica"
"Trip to Costa Rica"

"Trip to Costa Rica"

Object number2011.034.0052
Date1968 - 1985
ClassificationsArt
Artist Bernadine Stetzel
ObjectArtwork
Credit LineBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 40 in. (61 x 101.6 cm)
DescriptionOil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts crowds welcoming President Kennedy to Costa Rica. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "The popular American president received a tumultous welcome from the residents of Costa Rica in March of 1963." 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.
"A Warm Greeting"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Trip to Italy"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Receiving Honors"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Summit in Vienna"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK and RFK"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"J.F.K. and Son"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The State of the Union"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Shah of Iran"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Visiting the President"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The President's Rocking Chair"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK Campaigning"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985