1946.21.1: Salamina; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.21.1

People

Rockwell Kent, American (Tarrytown Heights NY 1882 - 1971 Plattsburgh NY)

Title

Salamina; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308133

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, black crayon and white gouache on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

image: 21.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.)
actual: 29.4 x 22 cm (11 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: paper taped to bottom mat, black ink, in artist's hand: This is Salamina-- apparently / hanging out nothing but a / clothes pin. If I had given her / wash it would have covered / up her hands. She always / tried to cover them, for they / were working hands. This / book permits of no concealment.
• watermark: [Design of hammer and anvil]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

James Naumberg Rosenberg, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg

Accession Year

1946

Object Number

1946.21.1

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Spot of old adhesive at center right.

Publication History

• Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced as frontispiece

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