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An Ocean Headland
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An Ocean Headland

Date1907
Maker Rockwell Kent American, born Tarrytown, New York,1882; died Plattsburgh, New York, 1971
Object number2022.22.1
ProvenanceThe artist; to a friend, Dr. Alfred S. Taylor (painting identified as Monhegan); to the artist's friend, Mary Kelsey, Monhegan Island and South Salem, New York; to her niece; to her daughter, Starrett Kelsey; sold to Ann (1935-2005) and Thomas Barwick (1929-2022), Seattle, Washington, 2001 (as An Ocean Headland); to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022
Exhibition History{Possibly New York, New York, Clausen Galleries, [Rockwell Kent solo exhibition-Maine coast and Monhegan views], Apr. 1 - 14, 1907. Cat. no. 8.} Seattle, Washington, Frye Art Museum, Generations: The Artistic Heritage of Rockwell Kent, Sept. 13 - Dec. 1, 2002. No catalogue (lent as Monhegan Island). Portland, Maine, Portland Art Museum, Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern, June 23 - Oct. 16, 2005. Cat. no. 9, pp. 28, 31, reproduced fig. 18 (as Maine Headlands).
Credit LineGift of the Ann and Thomas Barwick Family Collection in honor of Mimi Gardner Gates, Director, Seattle Art Museum, 1994-2009
Dimensions34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8cm) Frame: 42 1/2 x 52 1/2 in. (108 x 133.4 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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