Norman Kent (1903 - 1972)
Best known for his woodcuts and watercolors, Norman Kent was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1925. He was awarded a full scholarship to the Art Students League in New York where he finished his studies under Leftwich Dodge and the noted woodcut artist Alan Lewis. Kent began his career as a Buffalo-based illustrator before teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He served as the editor of American Artist magazine for over 25 years. His work has been collected by many museums and libraries, and a nearly complete collection of his woodcuts and linocuts is held by the Special Collections Department of the Lauinger Library at Georgetown University. Kent died at Rochester, New York.
Queer House
Woodcut, 1951; edition of 200. Image size 9” x 12½”; sheet size 11½” x 16¼”. Published by the Woodcut Society, Hicksville, New York. Signed by the artist in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition, accompanied by the original presentation folder.
$325
Canal Boat
Linoleum cut, 1929; edition not stated. Image size 5½” x 5”; sheet size 9” x 5½”. Initialed in the block, and published by The Print Connoisseur, New York, Volume IX Number 4, October, 1929. A fine impression in very good condition.
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December
Woodcut, ND, edition of 15. Image size 4” x 4½”; sheet size 6-5/8” x 8-3/4”. Numbered, titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. Very good condition overall. Two small spots outside of image area, tape remnants at upper corners.
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Determined
Woodcut, ND, edition unknown. Image size 4-7/8” x 6¼”; sheet size 8-1/8” x 10-3/8”. Initialed in the block, numbered "No. 2", titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. Very good overall condition, with tape remnants at upper corners and faint staining lower left portion of image.
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Gloucester
Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Image size 5½” x 7½; sheet size 5-5/8” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, New York, Volume IX Number 4. Very good condition.
$125
Low Tide
Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Initialed in the block. Image size 5-3/8” x 7¼”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, New York, Volume IX Number 4. Very good condition.
$125
Peace
Woodcut, ND, edition of 50. Image size 8” x 6-1/8”; sheet size 14” x 11”. Initialed in the block. Numbered 3/50, titled, and signed by the artist in the lower margin. A fine impression on very good overall condition, with tape remnants at top corners on the reverse of the sheet.
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Pierrot Peers Out
Linoleum cut in two colors, 1929; edition not stated. Image size 3-3/4” x 4”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume IX, Number 4, October, 1929. Very good condition.
$125
Rupert Brooke
Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Image size 3¼” x 4”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume IX, Number 4, October, 1929. Very good condition.
$175
Willows
Woodcut, 1929, edition not stated. Initialed in the block. Image size 5-3/8” x 7¼”; sheet size 5½” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume IX, Number 4, October 1929. Very good condition.
$125
Winter Day
Woodcut, edition of 25, date unknown. Initialed in the block. Image size 6¼” x 5¼”; sheet size 10-3/8” x 8”. Numbered 9/25, titled, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. Very good overall, with minor spotting well outside the image area and cellophane tape remnants at the upper corners.
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The Horse Farm
Woodcut on translucent paper, ND. Image size 6½” x 4-3/16;” sheet size 9-3/8” x 7-5/8.” Titled and signed in pencil in the lower margin, and initialed in the block. Darkened at perimeter of sheet, with a diagonal crease in the upper left-hand corner, well away from the sight area. Very good overall condition.
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Dry House - Horse Farm
Woodcut on translucent paper, ND. Image size 6½” x 4-3/16;” sheet size 10” x 6¾”. Titled and signed in pencil in the lower margin, and initialed in the block. Ink stains at edges of sheed, well away from the sight area. Very good overall condition.
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Firelight - Horse Farm
Woodcut on translucent paper, ND. Image size 6½” x 4-3/16;” sheet size 10” x 8-3/8”. Titled and signed in pencil in the lower margin, and initialed in the block. Very good overall condition.
$125