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Rockwell Kent
1882-1971
Whale Submerging with Tail Visible
ca. 1930
Pen and black ink, over graphite, on wove paper.
6 x 3 15/16 inches (152 x 100 mm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Dennis.
1980.80:1
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Watermark: none.
Illustration for the 1930 Random House edition of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". The illustration was used in chapter LXXXVI, as well as on the spine of the book.
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Signed in graphite at lower right, "Rockwell Kent".
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Dennis, Westport, Connecticut
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