Wake Up, America!

1945

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Artist, American, 1882 - 1971

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a man sitting in a chair, with most of his body visible from head to feet. He is positioned slightly slouched backwards with his legs spread wide apart, and his head is tilted to the side. The man has closed eyes and a relaxed facial expression, and he wears a large-brimmed black hat. He has short hair that is partially visible. His clothing includes a buttoned shirt under a suit jacket, loose-fitting pants, and a pair of shoes. The man holds a piece of straw in his mouth, and there's an hourglass next to him on a wooden table. The background features a room with wood patterns visible on the wall and floorboards, and a vertical wooden beam with carved marks and initials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.48 × 28.26 cm (15 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.34 × 23.65 cm (13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.957

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jones 1975, no. 136


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James N. Rosenberg, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1959; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 47

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, pp. 146-147, no. 60, repro

Bibliography

1975

  • Jones, Dan Burne. The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonné. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975, p. 139, no. 136.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Wake Up, America!"; lower right in graphite: Rockwell Kent

Wikidata ID

Q77009024

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