Rockwell Kent

Cutlery Designs

Maker

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)

Title

Cutlery Designs

Year

ca. 1930

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

pencil

Supports

Dimensions

24.4 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Stamp in LR:Rockwell Kent mark

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coutu

Object Number

79.003

Type

Exhibition History

Joseph Lindon Smith and His Circle in Dublin, New Hampshire
Oct 14, 1998 – Mar 03, 1999

Label copy

Rockwell Kent belongs to a second generation of artists who came to Dublin. Apprenticed to Abbot Thayer, Kent arrived in Dublin towards the end of a long artistic training, first under William Merritt Chase and then Robert Henri. In the process, he worked as an architectural draftsman, illustrator, printmaker, painter, ship's carpenter, and dairy farmer. During a long career, he worked in Maine, Newfoundland, Alaska, Greenland, and the Adirondacks. Only a few paintings of Dublin by Kent are known.

These two drawings suggest the breadth of Kent's artistic interests. Little is known of his designs for modem cutlery, or whether this flatware pattern was ever produced. The watercolor drawings have been recently identified as a study for an illustration for a 1959 edition of Candide, the satirical tale first published by Voltaire in 1759.

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Tombstone

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)
Cutlery Designs, ca. 1930
Pencil on paper
24.4 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coutu 79.003

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