Precipice

Rockwell Kent

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971). Precipice, 1927. Wood engraving (maple block) on white wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (28.9 x 22.4 cm) Image (block): 8 1/16 x 5 9/16 in. (20.5 x 14.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Erhart Weyhe, 56.4.29. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Precipice

Date

1927

Medium

Wood engraving (maple block) on white wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (28.9 x 22.4 cm) Image (block): 8 1/16 x 5 9/16 in. (20.5 x 14.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed in graphite in lower right margin (below block): "Rockwell Kent."

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner of sheet: "Precipice 1927"

Credit Line

Gift of Erhart Weyhe

Accession Number

56.4.29

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