Youth Torn between Love and Desire

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Youth Torn between Love and Desire

1916

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

This drawing appears to represent a young man on the threshold of life, torn between domestic happiness and romantic desire. It was most likely intended for reproduction as an illustration in a fashionable magazine, but it was not published.

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Object Details

Title:

Youth Torn between Love and Desire

Date:

1916

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Pen and brush and black ink over traces of graphite, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on cream card

Dimensions:

Image: 5 x 5 inches (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (14.3 x 14 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1971-2-178

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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