Rockwell Kent

Bowsprit

1930

A person balances stretched across a horizontal bar above rippling water under a starry sky.
A person balances stretched across a horizontal bar above rippling water under a starry sky.

Rockwell Kent, Bowsprit, 1930. Wood engraving, sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 1/16 in. (25.6 × 28.1 cm) Image: 5 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (13.8 × 17.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. William A. Marsteller 87.14. 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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Not on view

Date
1930

Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 1/16 in. (25.6 × 28.1 cm) Image: 5 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (13.8 × 17.6 cm)

Accession number
87.14

Edition
Ed. 120

Publication
Printed by Elmer Adler; published by Pynson Printers

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. William A. Marsteller

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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