Frozen Fall, Alaska

Frozen Fall, Alaska


Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
34 x 28 1/4 in. (86.4 x 71.8 cm)

Alternate title:
Frozen Falls, Alaska.
c.1919–1952


Inscribed lower right:
Rockwell Kent
. And partially, lower left: “Rockwell Ke…”

Provenance:
Artist
Estate of the artist

Collection:
Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York-Plattsburgh, Gift of Sally Kent Gorton

Notes:
The title “Frozen Fall, Alaska,” derives from a list the artist produced in preparation for the 1966 exhibits at Harbor Gallery and Larcada Gallery. “Frozen Falls, Alaska,”appears on a typed label–probably artist generated, as a similar label format appears on other Kent paintings–on the verso.

Evidence of underpainting shows that this painting, like the other frozen waterfall compositions, –AK1-15 and AK1-17–was heavily reworked–circa 1952–over an earlier composition. Unlike the other two paintings the earlier title of this work is currently unidentified.