Sun Glare, Alaska

Sun Glare, Alaska

Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite
28 1/4 x 44 1/8 in. (71.1 x 112 cm)

Alternate title:
Arctic Scene (with Fishing Boat)
Fox Island, Winter
c.1960



Inscribed lower right:
Rockwell Kent


Provenance:
Artist
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burne Jones
(Charles McAlpine)
(Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1976)
Donated by American Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission, Kenneth A. Murray, Rasmuson Foundation, and Acme Electric

Collection:
Fairbanks North Star Borough Library, Fairbanks, Alaska

Notes:
Alternate title:
“Arctic Scene (with Fishing Boat)” is on a Kennedy Gallery label.
“Fox Island, Winter,” is recorded in Dan Burne Jones’ notes, including a label he titled.

According to a letter to Jones from Kent, this is a copy–rendered 1960–of “Sunglare: Alaska,” that is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum (AK1-32).

Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite. Dan Burne Jones listed this painting, from his collection, as an oil on canvas, c. 1920, completed ~1960; and sold to Charles McAlpine, Anchorage.