School House...Go Slow

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School House...Go Slow

1917

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

This is one of a number of drawings that Kent provided for The Modern School, a monthly magazine dedicated to libertarian and socialist ideas in education that was edited by Carl Zigrosser, Kent’s longtime friend and the founding curator of the Museum’s department of prints and drawings, from 1917 to 1919. Kent executed this drawing on fabric due to the scarcity of high-quality paper during World War I.

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Object Details

Title:

School House...Go Slow
Illustration for the Modern School magazine

Date:

1917

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Pen and black ink, on thin coated fabric

Dimensions:

Image: 5 15/16 x 4 9/16 inches (15.1 x 11.6 cm) Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 13/16 inches (15.6 x 12.2 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1971-2-232

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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