ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)

Lot 15
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Lot 15 | ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)
Alaskan Inlet
signed 'Rockwell Kent' (lower right)
oil on canvas mounted on board
28 x 34 in. (71.1 x 86.4 cm.)
Painted in 1919.




Provenance

The artist.
Macbeth Gallery, New York.
Joseph James Ryan, Oak Ridge Estate, Arrington, Virginia, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Arrington, Virginia, gift from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1995.



Literature

R. Kent, It’s Me O Lord, New York, 1955, p. 136, illustrated.



Exhibited

Moscow, Russia, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; St. Petersburg, Russia, The State Hermitage Museum; Kiev, Ukraine, Kiev Museum of Western and Eastern Art; Odessa, Ukraine, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art; Riga, Latvia, The State Museum of Fine Arts, Riga, Exhibition of the Work of Rockwell Kent: Paintings and Graphics, 1957-1958, no. 14.
Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Rockwell Kent: The Early Years, August 15-October 5, 1969, no. 29, illustrated.



Further Details

This work is included in Scott R. Ferris and Richard V. West’s The Annotated Checklist of Alaska Paintings by Rockwell Kent as entry number AK1-5, accessible at https://rockwellkentpaintings.com/

We would like to thank Scott R. Ferris for his assistance cataloging this work.
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