Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty

1945

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Artist, American, 1882 - 1971

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

The image shows a muscular male figure in a dynamic pose with one arm extended forward and the other bent towards his face. He has defined facial features, a strong jawline, a focused expression, short hair, and is shirtless with loose-fitting pants. The figure stands on a rocky surface with a background gradient from light to shadow. The phrase "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY" is printed below the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.4 × 25.4 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 40.96 × 30.8 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.956

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jones 1975, no. 135

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James N. Rosenberg, New York, 1945; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC,1959; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

Bibliography

1975

  • Jones, Dan Burne. The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonné. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975, p. 138, no. 135.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: To Bess and Jim from S + R - 1945; lower right in graphite: Rockwell Kent; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 39 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012091

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