Cloud Wraiths (Greenland)

Details

ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)
Cloud Wraiths (Greenland)
signed 'Rockwell Kent' (lower right)
oil on canvas mounted on panel
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1929.

Provenance

The artist.
Dr. Alfred Von Weisenthal, New York, (probably) acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner from the above.

Literature

M. Eberle, Sunday Journal-Herald Spotlight, September 8, 1940.

Exhibited

Los Angeles, California, The Print Rooms, Rockwell Kent: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, April-May 1934.
(Possibly) Omaha, Nebraska; Honolulu, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington; Santa Barbara, California; San Francisco, California, circa 1934.
Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Paintings, Lithographs, Wood Cuts by Rockwell Kent, September 5-October 14, 1940.
Houston, Texas, Meinhard-Taylor Galleries, Inc., Paintings, Lithographs, Wood Cuts by Rockwell Kent, November 11-23, 1940, no. 2.
New York, Harlow, Keppel & Company, Inc., Rockwell Kent: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, March 1941.

Further details

This painting is included in Scott R Ferris’s checklist of paintings by Rockwell Kent. We would like to thank him for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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Lot Essay

Rockwell Kent traveled to Greenland on three occasions between 1929 and 1935. The present work is likely related to one of his earliest trips to the region, reflecting his awe with the stunning terrain. Shrouded in shifting clouds, the stunning purple mountains are carefully reflected in the flowing water. The present work illustrates the themes of isolation and the sublime that Kent mastered throughout his storied career.

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