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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1054

Rockwell Kent

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(New York, 1882-1971)

Two posthumous impressions by Letterio Calapi: Greenland Swimmer, edition 73/100, image 5-3/8 x 7 in.; Reveries, edition of 50, commissioned by Kent Legacies, 1976, 7-5/16 x 6 in., both with estate stamp, wood engravings; modern black frame, largest 14-1/2 x 11-5/8 in., Provenance: The Workshop Gallery of Letterio Calapai, Glencoe, Illinois, purchased in 1982 (accompanied by original receipt and exhibition invitation); Estate of Brock Arms, Flat Rock, North Carolina; Note: Reveries was never printed by Rockwell Kent but Kent Legacies commissioned a pull of 50 prints in 1976.

Condition

"Swimmer" stains in left and right margins, "Reveries" with light toning, not examined out of frames; frames with abrasions

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