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Greenland Gothic

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Greenland Gothic

1935-37

Rockwell Kent

born Tarrytown, New York,1882; died Plattsburgh, New York, 1971

Oil on canvas mounted on board
Painting: 34 x 44 1/2 in. (86.4 x 113cm)
Frame: 43 x 53 in. (109.2 x 134.6 cm)
Gift of the Ann and Thomas Barwick Family Collection in honor of Derrick Cartwright, Director, Seattle Art Museum, 2009-2011
2022.22.2
Provenance: The artist; sold on installment arrangement to George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and his third wife, Jean-Marie Cosigny Putnam (b. 1911), North Hollywood, California, July, 1939, for $1,000; consigned to [Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, California], after June 1942-Mar. 23, 1944; purchased back from Putnam, via Mrs. Putnam’s divorce lawyer, Gurney Newlin, by the artist, Ausable Forks, New York, for Putnam’s cash investment in the picture, $250, Mar. 1944; {possibly sold to Charles Simon (1912-1995), New York, Nov. 1948, for $2,000}; {possibly returned by Charles Simon to the artist, Ausable Forks, New York, Dec. 1948}; {U.S. government auction, reportedly in the Far East?}; sold to Ernest [Theodore] Yezdan (1921-2008), San Francisco, California, by July 25, 1960-2008; his estate; sold to Thomas Barwick (1929-2022), Seattle, Washington, 2009; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWashington, D.C., Gallery of Modern Masters, Greenland Paintings and Prints: Rockwell Kent, November 1-27, 1937, checklist no. 5 (for sale, $1800)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, extended loan, August 1941-June 3, 1942 (lent by George Palmer Putnam)

Pomona, California, Scripps College, on loan, June 3, 1942-unspecified date (lent by George Palmer Putnam)

Los Angeles, Stendahl Galleries, on loan and consigned for sale, after June 1942 through March 23, 1944 (lent by George Palmer Putnam)

San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, extended loan, July 25, 1960-May 11, 2001 (lent by Theodore Yezdan)

Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Rockwell Kent: The Early Years, August 15-October 5, 1969, ca. no. 59, reproduced, n.p. (lent by Theodore Yezdan)

San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Three Centuries of American Painting from the Collection of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, December 19, 1970-February 7, 1971. Text by F. Lanier Graham. Catalogue no. 140 (lent by Theodore Yezdan)

Berkeley, California, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, extended loan, after May 11, 2001-2009 (lent by Theodore Yezdan and his estate)

Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, extended loan, American galleries, October 31, 2011-February 17, 2012


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