1946.21.3: Justina and Baby; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.21.3

People

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

Title

Justina and Baby; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308184

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

image: 21.6 x 15.2 cm (8 1/2 x 6 in.)
actual: 29.8 x 21.5 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: [Design of hammer and anvil]
• inscription: taped to bottom mat, graphite and black ink, in artist's hand: [graphite, not in artist's hand:] 2. [black ink, in artist's hand:] This is Justina-- as she [underlined:] might / some day have appeared if amauts / and loving your babies [underlined:] that much / had not gone out of fashion.
• inscription: bottom mat, l.l., graphite: 3 [encircled]
• inscription: bottom mat, l.l., graphite: 6 1/4 8 7/8

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

1946.21.3

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Two spots of dried adhesive at l.l.

Publication History

• Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced facing p. 36

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