1946.21.14: The Wife of Pavia Amossen; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.21.14

People

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

Title

The Wife of Pavia Amossen; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308185

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

image: 21.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
actual: 29.7 x 21.5 cm (11 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: [Design of hammer and anvil]
• inscription: paper taped to mat, black ink, in artist's hand: This is the dear old wife of Pavia / Amossen, bringing water to make / coffee for him.
• inscription: bottom mat, graphite: 16 [encircled]
• inscription: bottom mat, 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

1946.21.14

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Spot of yellowed adhesive at right center.

Publication History

• Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced facing p. 248

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