Kent, Rockwell
(b. 1882
d. 1971)
Rockwell Kent to Frances Kent, ca. 1926 Sept. 13
Rockwell Kent, Letter to his wife, Frances, September 13, [1926]. Rockwell Kent papers, [ca. 1840]–1993. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Kent and Shirley (Sally) Kent Gorton.
Kent’s (1882–1971) papers form an extraordinarily rich collection, which sheds light on all aspects of his life as painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, lecturer, explorer, and political activist. In 1969 just as the papers were packed ready to be shipped to the Archives, his house in upstate New York and its contents were destroyed by fire. By sheer good fortune, the papers survived. Afterward, as Kent prepared to send the papers to the Archives he wrote: “we wish that the whole house, with all its now irreplaceable contents, had been sent to the Archives.”
Rockwell Kent to Frances Kent, ca. 1926 Sept. 13. Letter : 2 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. Rockwell Kent papers. Archives of American Art.
Rockwell Kent to Frances Kent, ca. 1926 Sept. 13. Letter : 2 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. Rockwell Kent papers. Archives of American Art.
Forms Part of: Rockwell Kent papers