Rockwell Kent engravings for sale

American, 1881-1940

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Bowsprit -  KENT

Bowsprit
Wood engraving, 1930, Burne Jones/Rightmire 56; edition 120. 5 3/8 x 7 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This was one of twelve prints by Kent used in a national advertising campaign for the American Car and Foundry Company. The catalogue cites nine impressions in museum collections.
$4,800

Deep Water -  KENT

Deep Water
Wood engraving, 1931, Burne Jones/Rightmire 87, edition 170. 5 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine, as well. (Two small, old hinges remain at the top edge, verso.) The catalogue cites eight impressions in museum collections. The original drawing is in the Kent Collection at Columbia.
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Diver -  KENT

Diver
Wood engraving, 1931, Burne Jones/Rightmire 88, edition 150. 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on off-white wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from the very faintest suggestion of light toning within an earlier mat opening. This was one of twelve prints by Kent used in a national advertising campaign for the American Car and Foundry Company. There's a variant title for this work; "Masthead Diver."
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Drifter -  KENT

Drifter
Wood engraving, 1933, Burne Jones / Rightmire 92, edition 250. 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's just a very faint suggestion of toning within an old mat opening.) The cancelled block is in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
$4,500

Forest Pool -  KENT

Forest Pool
Wood engraving, 1927, Burne-Jones / Rightmire 14, edition 150. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this early work. The margins are full. The condition is very good apart from a small, light stain in the upper margin, well apart from the image. The preliminary drawing is in the Kent Collection at the Columbia University Library.
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Girl on Cliff -  KENT

Girl on Cliff
Wood engraving, 1930, Burne Jones / Rightmire 57; edition 1,750. 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This very appealing work was published by the Literary Guild of America and given to new subscribers to the Book Club. Kent received fifty impressions for his efforts. In spite of the large edition this print is not all that common.
$1,750

Home Port -  KENT

Home Port
Wood engraving, 1931, Burne-Jones 62, edition 150. 6 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a soft wrinkle or paper imperfection in the right side of the margin, an inch away from the image. The cancelled block is in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
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Home Port -  KENT

Home Port
Wood engraving, 1931, Burne Jones/Rightmire 62; edition 150. 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The paper bears a partial acorn or floral watermark. There a slight bit of light toning and a paper imperfection in the right edge of the sheet, far away from the image. As it states in the catalogue, "An imperfection in the paper near the left hand of the sailor was found on all copies examined. The area was inked in by hand after printing." This important print was commissioned by the advertising agency Calkins and Holden for their client, the American Car and Foundry Company. The cancelled block is in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
$7,500

Masthead -  KENT

Masthead
Wood engraving, 1926, Burne Jones 7, edition 105. 8 x 5 1/2 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is fine. The block for this great, early work is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The catalogue cites six impressions in museum collections.
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Oarsman -  KENT

Oarsman
Wood engraving, 1931, Burne Jones / Rightmire 86, edition 150. 5 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This was one of twelve prints by Kent used in a national advertising campaign for the American Car and Foundry Company.
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Sea and Sky -  KENT

Sea and Sky
Wood engraving on maple, 1931, Burne-Jones 85, edition 150. 10 x 6 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This was one of twelve prints used by Kent in a national advertising campaign for the American Car and Foundry Company.
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Starry Night -  KENT

Starry Night
Wood engraving, 1933, Burne Jones/Rightmire 103, edition 1,750. 7 x 5 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a cream wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from two old hinges, verso, which are visible from the front. This print was used as a prescription premium by the Literary Guild of America book club.
$1,650


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