Mt. Seymour, Admiralty Sound

1923

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Artist, American, 1882 - 1971

The image depicts a landscape with mountains in the distance, snowy peaks, an ocean meeting the mountains. The sky shows dramatic clouds, and the sea has dynamic lines. The monochrome color palette uses whites and blacks. Line shading and cross-hatching create depth and texture.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Theodore Baldwin, III, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washinton, DC, 1971; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 20

Bibliography

1924

  • Kent, Rockwell. Voyaging Southward from the Strait of Magellan. New York: Halycon House, 1924, p. 59.

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 175, no. 1194.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Rockwell Kent. T. &. F.; right verso vertically in printed black type: THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS, BOSTON

Wikidata ID

Q64629410

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