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"Nuclear Test Ban Treaty"
"Nuclear Test Ban Treaty"

"Nuclear Test Ban Treaty"

Object number2011.034.0055
Date1968 - 1985
ClassificationsArt
Artist Bernadine Stetzel
ObjectArtwork
Credit LineBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 x 34 in. (73.7 x 86.4 cm)
DescriptionOil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy signing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "The President signs the instruments of ratification for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on July 10, 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.
"Alliance For Progress"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK and RFK"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"J.F.K. and Son"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Inauguration"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Portrait of J.F.K."
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Swearing in Ceremonies"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
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
"A Final Salute"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Irish Cousins"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985