Angel
Rockwell Kent, American, 1882 - 1971
1926
Wood engraving on card
1,575 (75 artist's proofs on Japan paper; this is one of the 1500 used as a holiday greeting card by Weyhe Gallery, NYC.)
Block: 4 13/16 × 6 5/16 in. (12.2 × 16 cm)
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (14.9 × 17.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. and Gula A. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.950.6.20
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, across lower margin: GREETINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF WEYHE MCMXXVI / Woodcut by Rockwell Kent, printed from the original block
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1950.
Catalogue Raisonne
Dan Burne Jones, The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1975, no. 12.
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