Rockwell Kent

Fair Wind
1931

A black and white woodcut print by Rockwell Kent depicting a muscular man in a striped swimsuit standing on a rocky shore, looking out to sea with a large sailboat in the background. The sky is filled with stylized, wavy lines suggesting wind or movement. The artist's signature is visible in the bottom right corner.
A black and white woodcut print by Rockwell Kent depicting a muscular man in a striped swimsuit standing on a rocky shore, looking out to sea with a large sailboat in the background. The sky is filled with stylized, wavy lines suggesting wind or movement. The artist's signature is visible in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 7 13/16in. (16.4 × 19.8 cm) Image: 5 7/16 × 6 7/8in. (13.8 × 17.5 cm)

Accession number
96.68.176

Edition
Incomplete edition 170

Publication
Printed by Pynson Printers; published by American Car and Foundry Company

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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