Drifter

1933

Rockwell Kent

Associated Names
Rockwell Kent

Artist, American, 1882 - 1971

The image shows a person seated inside a small rowboat. The person's posture is reclined with arms on the sides of the boat and knees bent. They are looking up at the starry sky, with a defined facial structure and short hair. The person is unclothed, revealing a muscular physique with detailed shading. The rowboat contains the person, with an oar near their right arm. The night sky background is filled with stars, creating an open feeling. The image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.65 × 17.46 cm (5 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.26 × 30.48 cm (11 1/8 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.115.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jones 1975, no. 092

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Matthew Kubinyi, Cleveland, Ohio; Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1990; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Jones, Dan Burne. The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonné. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975, p. 94, no. 92.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Rockwell Kent

Wikidata ID

Q77015441

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