Rockwell Kent

Starry Night
1933

A black and white print depicting a solitary figure standing in a dark landscape at night, holding a long staff. The figure is gazing upwards towards a sky filled with stars. The bottom of the image includes handwritten text "Starry Night" and a signature.
A black and white print depicting a solitary figure standing in a dark landscape at night, holding a long staff. The figure is gazing upwards towards a sky filled with stars. The bottom of the image includes handwritten text "Starry Night" and a signature.

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Date
1933

Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 5/8in. (25.1 × 19.4 cm) Image: 7 × 5in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)

Accession number
96.68.182

Publication
Published by Literary Guild of America Book Club

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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