Original painting: "Sailor's Farewell
by Kent, Rockwell
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About This Item
1935. Kent, Rockwell. Watercolor on paper measuring 13 by 9 1/4 inches, signed by Kent in the lower right margin, along with the inscription, "to his friend Charly Mortensen, 1935." Mortensen was the telegraph operator aboard the Hans Egede, the ship on which Kent made two of his three celebrated voyages to Igdlorssuit, Greenland, where he would live off and on between 1929 and 1935. His life and work among the native Greenlanders during these years resulted in two of his greatest books: Greenland Journal and Salamina. The present painting, a moving, somber work executed in the artist's typically realistic style, depicts a European sailor, presumably preparing to depart Greenland for home, comforting a native Greenlander who is weeping into her hands at the prospect of their parting. Watercolor double-matted and in a handsome Art Deco-style cherry frame. Faint toning from previous backing material, else fine. (Johnson, Fridolf. Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work, pp. 161-179).
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20843
- Title
- Original painting: "Sailor's Farewell
- Author
- Kent, Rockwell
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1935
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