1946.21.8: A Kayaker; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.21.8

People

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

Title

A Kayaker; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308147

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

image: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)
actual: 29.8 x 21.7 cm (11 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: [in oval shape] Hand Made [with cursive initial, illegible, to left]
• inscription: lower mat, graphite: 10 [encircled]
• inscription: lower mat, graphite: 6 1/4 - 8 7/8
• inscription: lower mat, black ink on lined paper, in artist's hand: 9. This is a [underlined:] kayaker in his [underlined:] full [underlined:] jacket. / It looks as if I didn't know the / anatomy of hands; the Green-/ land mittens have two thumbs.

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

1946.21.8

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced facing p. 160

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