Lot 24
  • 24

Rockwell Kent

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Rockwell Kent
  • "Indian", Study for a Cover Illustration in "Adventure" Magazine
  • stamped with the artist's estate stamp (lower right)
  • watercolor and ink, with pencil under drawing, on card
  • 11 3/8 by 8 3/8 inches
  • (28.9 by 21.3 cm)

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York

Condition

Bears title "Adventure" along top edge, under mat. Watercolor and ink on card. Generally in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This watercolor served as a prelimary study for a cover illustration that Rockwell Kent completed for the April 15th, 1927 issue of the magazine "Adventure".