Rockwell Kent, Wood Engraving

Rockwell Kent

Lot# 151

Price

EST: $500-$800

Description

(American, 1882-1971). Titled “Northern Light”. 1930, Edition of 120, Jones 53. Wood engraving with linoleum tint blocked paper. This print is a self-portrait of Kent in Greenland and is sometimes known under its variant title: “N by E”. Signed and dedicated lower right “To Barton”. Sight size: 5 9/16″ high x 8 1/8″ wide. Housed in a modern silver gilt frame measuring 19″ high x 23″ wide. Includes “The Prints of Rockwell Kent” Catalog Raisonne by Dan Burne Jones. Copyright 1975, University of Chicago Press. 214 pages. Original dust jacket. Good condition. 13″ high x 10″ wide. Also included bound volume titled: “Rockwell Kent’s Greenland Journal.” Limited edition #374/1000. 302 pages. 9/14″ high x 6/14″ wide. In original slip case. Also included six offset prints titled: “On Earth Peace”, “Small Boy and Big Bird”, “Helena”, “Little Brother”, “Young Seamstress”, and “Greenland Woman”. All measure 9 1/2″ high x 6 3/4″ wide. All are signed.

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