Alaska by Rockwell Kent
Art Institute of Chicago

Alaska

Rockwell Kent · 1919–27

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, 1919/27. Madame Felipe Espil (then Mrs. John Borden), by 1927; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1927.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3177/american-painting-and-sculpture-40th-annual"><em>Fortieth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture</em></a>, Oct. 27–Dec. 14, 1927, cat. 110.
  • Rockford Illinois Art Association, June 30–Aug. 8, 1936.
  • Muskegon Museum of Art, Nov. 1–Dec. 8, 1936.
  • Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, <em>Rockwell Kent</em>, Jan. 6–Feb. 3, 1937, cat. 9.
  • Wisconsin, Appleton, Lawrence College, Sept. 22–Oct. 5, 1937.
  • Champaign, University of Illinois, Architecture Building Gallery, <em>American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago</em>, Dec. 3–29, 1939, no cat.
  • Brussels, United States Embassy, Whitlock Hall, <em>Art in Embassies Exhibition</em>, May 15, 2019–Dec. 13, 2020, no cat. no.

Literature

Published references

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of the Fortieth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1927), n.p., cat. 110.
  • "Accessions," <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 22, no. 3 (Mar. 1928): 40 (ill.).
  • Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, <em>Rockwell Kent</em>, exh. cat. (Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1937), cat. 9.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection</em>, (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 251.
  • <em>Art in Embassies</em>, exh. cat. (Art in Embassies, 2020).

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