Rockwell Kent Art Deco Wood Engraving Book or Magazine Covers and More

Item Details

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
Book titles include Night Over Fitch’s Pond and Flag in the Wind
Wood engravings on paper; several photomechanical prints on paper
Unsigned

Rockwell Kent was known as a realist school landscape painter, illustrator, and printmaker. Along with his artistic passions, Kent was also an avid traveler, writer, carpenter, and political activist. Kent may be most recognized for his famous illustrations for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick(1930), Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1934), and The Complete Works of Shakespear (1936). During the early 20th century he studied under William Merritt Chase before enrolling at the New York School of Art, studying under his mentor Robert Henri. Many of Kent’s artworks have been praised for combining the use of realist and modernist styles within his compositions. Kent was vice-chairman for American Artists’ Congress, president of Artists’ League of America, and a member of the American League for Peace and Democracy. He earned the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967 for being the first American to exhibit artwork in the Soviet Union. Kent’s works are highly collected notably within the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russia; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and many others.

Condition

- toning to sheet and mat; additional discolorations to mat.

Dimensions

- measures matted pieces stacked as one lot.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

Item #

ITMGJ15915