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"Brigade Flag Presentation"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy being presented with the Brigade 2506 flag. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy was honored with a presentation of the Brigade Flag for his efforts on behalf of Cuban exiles."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.

Object Details
Object title:

"Brigade Flag Presentation"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0049

"Brigade Flag Presentation"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy being presented with the Brigade 2506 flag. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy was honored with a presentation of the Brigade Flag for his efforts on behalf of Cuban exiles."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.

Object Details
Object title:

"Brigade Flag Presentation"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Terms:

Artwork

Artist

Brigade 2506

Cuba

Kennedy, John F.

Stetzel, Bernadine

Fremont

Miami

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0049