id: 113854
accession number: 1933.143
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.143
updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:51.731000
Mountain Climber, 1932–1933. Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971). Graphite; sheet: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.); image: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1933.143 © Courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon.
title: Mountain Climber
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creation date: 1932–1933
creation date earliest: 1932
creation date latest: 1933
current location:
creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
copyright: © Courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum/Estate of Sally Kent Gordon.
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.); Image: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.)
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description: cream(3) tracing paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: Rockwell Kent
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1937-02-10T05:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937).
title: Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years
opening date: 1938-02-09T05:00:00
Print Club Publications: Past Fifteen Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-March 20, 1938).
title: The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art
opening date: 1989-01-24T05:00:00
The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).
title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
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PROVENANCE
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Kent was a wanderer and adventurer, who traveled to Alaska, Patagonia, and Greenland. Much of his work, like this drawing, celebrates heroic, manly figures. Interestingly, Kent did not use professional models but drew from his own nude body with the help of mirrors.
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