id: 92936
accession number: 1922.1132
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Maine Coast, 1907. Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971). Oil on canvas; framed: 104.5 x 130.2 x 6.5 cm (41 1/8 x 51 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 86.4 x 111.7 cm (34 x 44 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1922.1132
title: Maine Coast
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creation date: 1907
creation date earliest: 1907
creation date latest: 1907
current location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 104.5 x 130.2 x 6.5 cm (41 1/8 x 51 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 86.4 x 111.7 cm (34 x 44 in.)
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inscription: signed lower left: Rockwell Kent / 1907.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Western Landscape Painting and Drawing
opening date: 1954-10-29T04:00:00
Western Landscape Painting and Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1954-January 6, 1955).
title: Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence
opening date: 1990-09-19T04:00:00
Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-November 25, 1990); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (December 16, 1990-February 10, 1991); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (March 16-May 12, 1991).
title: Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes
opening date: 1997-12-06T00:00:00
Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes. Norton Museum of Art (December 6, 1997-February 22, 1998); Newark Museum (March 7-May 31, 1998); Columbus Museum of Art (July 10-September 13, 1998).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (8 June-10 July 1922)
Syracuse, NY, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Rockwell Kent: A Retrospective Loan Exhibtion of Paintings, Lithographs, and Woodcuts (6 January-3 February 1937), cat. no. 5, not illus.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, An Exhibtion of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 112, not illus.
Muskegen, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Made in the U.S.A. (?November-29 November 1950)
Greenville, PA, Thiel College, Picture of the Month (1 April-30 April 1960)
Waterville, ME, Colby College Museum of Art, Maine: 100 Artists of the 20th Century (25 June-30 September 1964), illus. p. 3, listed p. 34.
Brunswick, ME, Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Rockwell Kent: The Early Years (15 August-15 October 1969), cat. no. 4, illus.
Mansfield, OH, The Mansfield Art Center, The American Landscape (8 March-5 April 1981), cat. no. 41, not illus.
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "An Enkindled Eye:" The Paintings of Rockwell Kent: A Retrospective Exhibition (29 June-1 September 1985); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (12 October-13 November 1985); to Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art (21 January-2 March 1986); to Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum of Art (11 April-18 May 1986), pp. 15-25, cat. no. 10, illus. p. 37.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Paintings and Their Influence (19 September-18 November 1990); traveled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (16 December 1990-10 February 1991); to Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art (16 March-12 May 1991), pp. 101-106, 182-183, cat. no. 74, illus. p. 102.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915 (2 May-24 July 1994); traveled to Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum (22 August-30 October 1994); to Denver, Denver Art Museum (28 November 1994-5 February 1995); to Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (6 March-14 May 1995), pp. 85-87, 351-352, illus. p. 85, fig. 73.
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism, and Modern Life (12 June-17 September 1995 )
West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Museum of Art; Newark Museum of Art, NJ; Columbus Museum of Art, OH; "Blanketed in Snow: American Winter Scenes" (12/6/97 - 9/13/98)
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PROVENANCE
(Mrs. Albert (Marie) Sterner [1880-1953], New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: -1922
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1922-
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fun fact:
Kent loved to paint landscapes in cold, remote areas, including Maine, Alaska, Newfoundland, and Greenland.
digital description:
Located off the coast of Maine, Monhegan Island has long drawn artists attracted to its rugged headlands, brooding forests, and dramatic ocean vistas. Unlike most colleagues who visited during summer, Kent built a home and lived there year-round, working as a well digger, lobsterman, and carpenter from 1906–8. This boldly rendered winter scene was painted from his studio window.
wall description:
Located off the coast of Maine, Monhegan Island has long drawn artists attracted to its rugged headlands, brooding forests, and dramatic ocean vistas. Unlike most colleagues who visited during summer, Kent built a home and lived there year-round, working as a well digger, lobsterman, and carpenter from 1906–8. This boldly rendered winter scene was painted from his studio window.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. "The Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 9:6 (June 1922): 95-98.
page number: Mentioned: p. 97
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Glasier, Jessie C. "Museum Gets Prize-Winning Canvases: Bellows Subject, Kent Landscape Are Acquisitions." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), June 18, 1922.
page number: Mentioned: p. 3
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"Cleveland Museum Acquires Typical Pictures by Bellows and Kent." American Art News 20:37 (24 June 1922).
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
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"Painter Exchanges Maine Pines for Scenes in South America." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Sept. 2, 1922.
page number: Reproduced: p. 48
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Milliken, William M. "Two Examples of Modern Painting: The Maine Coast, by Rockwell Kent." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 9:10 (December, 1922). pp. 171-175.
page number: Mentioned: p. 171-172
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page number: Reproduced: p. 36
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n38
The American Magazine of Art. 16 (July, 1925).
page number: Reproduced: p. 347
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Isham, Samuel, and Royal Cortissoz. The History of American Painting. New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1927.
page number: Mentioned: p. 563-564, 588-589; Reproduced: pl. 136
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 44
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n48
Neuhaus, Eugen. The History and Ideals of American Art. Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1931.
page number: Mentioned: p. 358-359
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Pollak, Frances M., and Greta A. Cornell. "Rockwell Kent-Painter and Graver." The Index of Twentieth Century Artists. New York, NY: Research Institute of the College Art Association, 1934.
page number: Mentioned: p. 97, 104-110
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Young, Mahonri Sharp. American Realists, Homer to Hopper. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977.
page number: Mentioned: p. 182; Reproduced: p. 183
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West, Richard V. "Rockwell Kent Reconsidered." American Art Review. 4:3 (December, 1977).
page number: Mentioned: p. 84-93, 130-136
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Johnson, Fridolf. Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Works. New York, NY: Knopf, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 33-34, 107-115; Reproduced: p. 244
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Clark, Jeff. "The Return of Rockwell Kent: A Portland Retrospective Recalls an Adventurous and Controversial Life." Down East, March 1986.
page number: Mentioned: p. 24-28; Reproduced: pl. 26.
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Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 121
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Antiques. vol. 143 (April, 1993).
page number: Mentioned: p. 503
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Weinberg, H. Barbara, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry. American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 73; Mentioned: p. 86
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Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville. "Exhibition Reviews: Fort Worth: American Impressionsim and Realism." The Burlington Magazine. 136:1100 (November, 1994). pp. 786-787.
page number: Mentioned: p. 787; Reproduced: p. 787
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Ferris, Scott R. "The Bestowal." In Rockwell Kent's Forgotten Landscapes. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1998.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 22, 76-78.
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