Rockwell Kent

Prometheus
1931, published 1933

A black and white illustration depicting a figure seated with one arm raised towards a lightning bolt, surrounded by rain-like lines, against a dark background, signed "Rockwell Kent" at the bottom right.
A black and white illustration depicting a figure seated with one arm raised towards a lightning bolt, surrounded by rain-like lines, against a dark background, signed "Rockwell Kent" at the bottom right.

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Date
1931, published 1933

Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/8in. (14.3 × 11.1 cm) Image: 3 15/16 × 2 3/4in. (10 × 7 cm)

Accession number
96.68.179

Edition
Ed. 170

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
Rights courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. All rights reserved.

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