Northern Night

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Northern Night

1930

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

On his voyage to Greenland in 1929, Kent was shipwrecked along the coast of an arctic fjord and spent three months in the company of the native Greenlanders. In this limited-edition wood engraving, Kent portrays himself sleeping within the shelter of a rock ledge shortly after the shipwreck. In 1930, Kent published an account of this trip as the illustrated book N by E.

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Object Details

Title:

Northern Night
N by E

Date:

1930

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Wood engraving with linoleum tint block

Dimensions:

Image: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (14.3 x 20.6 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches (22.2 x 27.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

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

Accession Number:

1971-2-595

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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