Rockwell Kent-Captain Ahab-Lge Linecut Illustration from "Moby Dick" by Melville
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Rockwell Kent - Original large woodcut illustration of Captain Ahab from the 1 930 Special Illustrated Edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. This is the large "Linecut Proof" on paper, it was used by bookstores, etc. for promotion. There is a small tare in the bottom edge going through the title, but it will frame out. Unmounted and unframed. Dimensions - Art: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2", Total Sheet: 12 1/2 x 14 1/2". FREE TUBE SHIPPING!REASONABLE OFFERS ALWAYS CONSIDERED.Rockwell Kent was many things: an artist, author, and political activist, architectural draftsman, illustrator, printmaker, painter, lobsterman, ship's carpenter, sailor and dairy farmer. Born in Tarrytown Heights, New York, he also lived in Maine, Newfoundland, Alaska, Greenland, and the Adirondacks. In his youth he built a small sailboat and sailed it to Greenland. Later, he would explore the waters around Tierra del Fuego in another small boat. Kent's paintings, lithographs, and woodcuts often portrayed the bleak and rugged aspects of nature; a reflection of his life in harsh climates. Kent had an unusually long and thorough training as an artist. He was a student of art under William Merritt Chase. He studied with Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Henri encouraged him to go to Monhegan Island where Kent painted on his own. He was absorbed
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