Rescue in Newfoundland

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Rescue in Newfoundland

c. 1914-1915

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Kent first visited the eastern coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland in 1910 and moved his family to the island in 1914. He was particularly impressed by the austere beauty of the terrain and the dignity of the rugged fishermen and seal hunters who plied their dangerous living on the icy North Atlantic. Whereas accounts of Kent’s later trips would appear as autobiographical travel narratives, the artist’s Newfoundland experience and the drawings he made there never formed the basis of a book.

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Object Details

Title:

Rescue in Newfoundland
Verso: Fragment of a Marine Landscape

Date:

c. 1914-1915

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Brush and pen and black ink, with scraping out, on heavy-weight cream wove paper; verso: watercolor

Dimensions:

Image: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (13.3 x 17.1 cm) Sheet: 6 1/16 x 7 9/16 inches (15.4 x 19.2 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection, 1971

Accession Number:

1971-2-127

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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