ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)

Lot 26
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1561431
Lot 26 | ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)
Cloud Wraiths (Greenland)
signed 'Rockwell Kent' (lower right)
oil on canvas mounted on panel
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1929.




Provenance

The artist.
Dr. Alfred Von Weisenthal, New York, (probably) acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner from the above.



Literature

M. Eberle, Sunday Journal-Herald Spotlight, September 8, 1940.



Exhibited

Los Angeles, California, The Print Rooms, Rockwell Kent: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, April-May 1934.
(Possibly) Omaha, Nebraska; Honolulu, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington; Santa Barbara, California; San Francisco, California, circa 1934.
Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Paintings, Lithographs, Wood Cuts by Rockwell Kent, September 5-October 14, 1940.
Houston, Texas, Meinhard-Taylor Galleries, Inc., Paintings, Lithographs, Wood Cuts by Rockwell Kent, November 11-23, 1940, no. 2.
New York, Harlow, Keppel & Company, Inc., Rockwell Kent: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, March 1941.



Further details

This painting is included in Scott R Ferris’s checklist of paintings by Rockwell Kent. We would like to thank him for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.
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