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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.21.17
People
Rockwell Kent, American (Tarrytown Heights NY 1882 - 1971 Plattsburgh NY)
Title
Two Figures; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1935
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, white gouache, and black crayon on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
image: 18.6 x 13 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
mount: 29 x 21.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
actual: 19.6 x 13.9 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: [Design of hammer and anvil]
  • inscription: paper taped to bottom mat, black ink, in artist's hand: And though she has had to / wait till winter time, she / has found it.

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
1946.21.17
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Support is hinged to another sheet of paper.

Publication History

  • Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced facing p. 328

Verification Level

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