Books Make the Home

c. 1938

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Artist, American, 1882 - 1971

The image is a woodcut-style illustration of a man seated at a table. He is resting his chin on one hand and his other arm lies on the table. The man has a slightly furrowed brow, closed eyes, and a slightly grim line to his mouth. He has short, neatly combed hair and is dressed in a collared shirt with a loose jacket or robe. On the table in front of him is an open book. The background shows a wooden wall with a window revealing a cabin-like room with bookshelves and a snowy landscape outside. Heavy beams add to the rustic setting. In the lower part of the image, there is a large text that reads, "BOOKS MAKE the home."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    offset lithograph in black and brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.99 × 31.12 cm (18 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.44 × 35.24 cm (20 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3613

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jones 1975, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Rockwell Kent; center left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Poster

Wikidata ID

Q77012089

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