The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Rachel and the Bananaquit

1979

Bea Nettles

(American, b. 1946)
America
Kwik print on vinyl
Image: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2023.22
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This photograph was made with the short-lived color process Kwik Print, developed in the late 1970s by the commercial printing industry.

Description

Kwik Print allowed the creation of a print containing up to thirty layers of color. It could be applied to a variety of surfaces—this image is printed on vinyl—and was quicker and easier than historic processes that layered color. This image shows the artist holding her daughter and, to the side, a bananaquit: a small black and yellow bird found in Central and South America.
  • 1979-2023
    Bea Nettles (the artist) [1946-], Urbana, IL, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    March 6, 2023-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.22