Moonshine, Ireland

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Moonshine, Ireland

1926

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Kent and his second wife, Frances, spent their honeymoon on the northwest coast of Ireland in 1926. In this scene of bootleggers distilling whiskey on the Irish coast at night, Kent has cropped the image to exclude the moon itself while capturing a broad swath of reflected moonlight on the surface of the sea.

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Object Details

Title:

Moonshine, Ireland

Date:

1926

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Brush and black ink over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Image and sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (14.3 x 21.6 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1971-2-302

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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