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(Kennedy, John F., thirty-fifth President)
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Description
- metal, wood, paper
Wyeth, Jamie. John F. Kennedy on his sailboat, the Victura. Limited edition, copy no. 38/300, color lithograph on brown paper (34 x 25 1/4 in.; 870 x 640 mm). Matted, glazed, and framed; top of frame cracked.
[With]:
American School, 20th century. A sculpture of the Victura, reproduced from a doodle by John F. Kennedy. Metal rods, shaped and welded, affixed to a wooden base (22 in. height x 24 in. depth x 7 1/4 in. length; 560 x 610 x 185 mm), executed ca. 1969; with a plaque attached to the base, inscribed with the title and dedication Christmas 1969 | Ted & Joan Kennedy; metal rod bent a little at stern, plaque tarnished, otherwise in good condition.
[With]:
American School, 20th century. A sculpture of the Victura, reproduced from a doodle by John F. Kennedy. Metal rods, shaped and welded, affixed to a wooden base (22 in. height x 24 in. depth x 7 1/4 in. length; 560 x 610 x 185 mm), executed ca. 1969; with a plaque attached to the base, inscribed with the title and dedication Christmas 1969 | Ted & Joan Kennedy; metal rod bent a little at stern, plaque tarnished, otherwise in good condition.
Catalogue Note
Sailing through life. The sailboat Victura was a gift from JFK's parents on his 15th birthday and it remained his favorite vessel throughout his life. It was the boat on which he taught many others, including Jackie, to sail, and it was the boat that captured and held his imagination throughout his life.
On 21 November 1963, JFK retired to his room at the Rice Hotel in Houston to rest up for a busy schedule ahead in Dallas. On the day of the assassination it has been said that hotel workers cleaning the President's suite found a doodle of a simple little sailboat on hotel stationery near Kennedy's bedstead. The sculpture of the Victura was a gift to McNamara from Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his then-wife Joan.
On 21 November 1963, JFK retired to his room at the Rice Hotel in Houston to rest up for a busy schedule ahead in Dallas. On the day of the assassination it has been said that hotel workers cleaning the President's suite found a doodle of a simple little sailboat on hotel stationery near Kennedy's bedstead. The sculpture of the Victura was a gift to McNamara from Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his then-wife Joan.