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Lot 0016: A PAIR OF ROCKWELL KENT VINTAGE LITHOGRAPH PRINTS

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The lot includes two lithograph art prints by Rockwell Kent, American, 1882 - 1971, from the series of six Art and Medicine portfolio collection prints. This series ordered by the pharmaceutical company Schering were presented mental symptoms of various diseases. Each print is signed in the plate as a part of the print. First is a 1944 Limited Edition print titled HOW SOON, a second print titled MANY MORE. Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. He lived much of his early life in and around New York City, where he attended the Horace Mann School. Kent studied with several influential painters and theorists of his day. He studied composition and design with Arthur Wesley Dow at the Art Students League in the fall of 1900, and he studied painting with William Merritt Chase each of the three summers between 1900 and 1902 at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art, after which he entered in the fall of 1902 Robert Henri's class at the New York School of Art, which Chase had founded. During the summer of 1903, in Dublin, New Hampshire, Kent was apprenticed to painter and naturalist Abbott Handerson Thayer. An undergraduate background in architecture at Columbia University prepared Kent for occasional work in the 1900s and 1910s as an architectural renderer and carpenter. At Columbia, Kent befriended future curator Carl Zigrosser. Collectible Mid Century Prints & Graphic Art For Wall Decor.

Overall Good Vintage Condition. Signs Of Wear And Age. No Visible Damages
Paper 13 3/4" x 10 7/8" in. All measurements are approximate

Auction Date

January 22th, 2022

PRICE WITH BUYER PREMIUM

$160.00