AK1-12: Driftwood
Driftwood
1919
Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite
28 x 34 in. (71.1 x 86.4 cm)
Alternate titles:
Wreckage
Alaska
In Alaska
Inscribed lower left:
Rockwell Kent. Alaska. 1919
Provenance:
Artist
Marie Sterner
(Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 1970)
Joseph M. Erdelac
Collection:
Columbus Museum of Art
Notes:
Regarding alternate titles: “Wreckage” is the title of the illustration in the article “Rockwell Kent, Incorporated,” by Forbes Watson. Arts and Decoration, March 25, 1920; “Alaska” is the title in “Rockwell Kent–Voyager,” by F. Newlin Price. International Studio, July 1924; “In Alaska” is the title in “Exhibition of American Art,” Marie Sterner, Paris, June, 1924.
Alternate measurements – 27 1/2″ x 33 1/2″ (source unknown)