1946.21.15: "Heroine between the Lines"; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.21.15

People

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

Title

"Heroine between the Lines"; Illustration for "Salamina" by Rockwell Kent

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308186

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

image: 26.4 x 18.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
actual: 29.5 x 21.3 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: paper taped to bottom mat, black ink, in artist's hand: Our "Heroine between the lines" / does as one does in Rome.
• inscription: bottom mat, graphite: 17 [encircled]
• inscription: bottom mat, graphite: 7 5/8 -- 10 3/4
• 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

1946.21.15

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Spot of old adhesive at center left.

Publication History

• Rockwell Kent, Salamina, Harcourt, Brace and Co. (New York, NY, 1935), reproduced facing p. 271

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