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"The Debates"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts a televised debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "One of the four, first ever televised debates between Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon."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:

"The Debates"

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:

2011.034.0017

"The Debates"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts a televised debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "One of the four, first ever televised debates between Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon."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:

"The Debates"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Terms:

Artwork

Artist

Presidential campaign

Debates

Television

1960 presidential election

Kennedy, John F.

Nixon, Richard M.

Stetzel, Bernadine

Fremont

Chicago

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:

2011.034.0017