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"Flag Presentation"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts the ceremonial folding at Arlington National Cemetery of the flag that had covered President Kennedy's casket. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "The folding of the flag that had draped the President's casket, and which was presented to Mrs. Kennedy."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:

"Flag Presentation"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

27 x 33 in. (68.6 x 83.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0069

"Flag Presentation"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts the ceremonial folding at Arlington National Cemetery of the flag that had covered President Kennedy's casket. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "The folding of the flag that had draped the President's casket, and which was presented to Mrs. Kennedy."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:

"Flag Presentation"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Terms:

Artwork

Artist

Casket

Flag

Graveside

Crowds

Funeral

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Stetzel, Bernadine

Arlington National Cemetery

Fremont

Washington, D.C.

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

27 x 33 in. (68.6 x 83.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0069