Martin Greene collection of materials related to Rockwell Kent, 1917-2009
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Artwork: Reproductions of artwork by Kent, prints, 1971, undated
- Artwork: Reproduced prints by Kent
- Artwork: Reproductions of artwork by Kent, miscellaneous
- Artwork: Copies of Christmas-themed art by Kent, 1938-1971
- Artwork: Postcards printed in the Soviet Union, 1965, undated
- Artwork: Prospectus, 1925-1995
- Artwork: Prospectus, 1981
- Artwork: Designed by Kent, 1938-2000
- Artwork: Designed by Kent, 1942
- Artwork: Designed by Kent, Bookplates
- Artwork: Designed by Kent, Advertisements, approximately 1930s
- Advertisements: Kent-related Events, Services, or Items, 1932-2003 (bulk 1982-2003)
- Advertisements: using Kent's artwork, 1930-1992
- Advertisements: using Kent's artwork, 1986
- Books and Pamphlets illustrated by Kent, 1934-1971
- Periodicals: Articles by Kent, 1936-1937
- Periodicals: Articles about Kent, 1929-1946
- Periodicals: Articles about Kent, 1964-1981
- Periodicals: Articles about Kent, 1983-2009
- Periodicals: Articles about Kent, 2009
- Periodicals: with Kent Artwork, 1930-1948
- Periodicals: with Kent Artwork, 1936
- Periodicals: Reproductions of Artwork by Kent, 1924-2005
- Periodicals: Reproductions of Artwork by Kent, 1919
- Periodicals: The Modern School, 1917-1920
- Periodicals: Scribner Magazine, 1928-1929
- Periodicals: Reference to Kent, 1985
- Catalogs and Collection Guides, 1919-1989
- Catalogs: Auction and Sale, Prints, 1936, 1987-2002
- Catalogs: Auction and Sale, 1929-1995
- Guides: Exhibitions in New York State, 1939-2000
- Guides: Exhibitions outside of New York State, 1930-1998
- Photographs, 1938, 1962, 1967
- Clippings, 1979-2000
- Miscellaneous, approximately 1933-2003
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Greene, Martin
- Title
- Martin Greene collection of materials related to Rockwell Kent
- Dates
- 1917-2009 (inclusive)19172009
- Quantity
- 3 boxes (3.08 cubic feet)
- Collection Number
- 6552 (Accession No. 6552-001)
- Summary
- Items with Rockwell Kent designs, magazines, dealer catalogs, exhibition guides, and ephemera about or related to Rockwell Kent collected by a Pacific Northwest-based collector
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Martin L. Greene, MD, is a retired Clinical Professor of Medicine on the faculty of the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also a book collector with an interest in polar exploration, Pacific voyages, and Russian America.
Historical Note
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was a painter, graphic artist and writer from New York State. He traveled widely and illustrated his trips to Greenland and Alaska, giving him his initial fame. Kent painted, designed posters, and published six books recounting his travels and family history. Politically active throughout his life, he received the Lenin Peace Prize, the Soviet-bloc counterpart to the Nobel Prize for Peace, in 1967. Major museums collected his paintings and his prints were reproduced widely during his lifetime.
Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/rockwell-kent-2601
Content Description
Reproduced prints, items with designs by Kent including bookplates and advertisements, materials advertising events, items, and services related to Kent, books and pamphlets illustrated by Kent, magazines with articles about or related to Kent, auction and sale catalogs, and museum exhibit guides collected by Martin Greene.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Artwork: Reproductions of artwork by Kent, prints
Includes print portfolios
Dates: 1971, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/1 -
Description: Artwork: Reproduced prints by Kent
Proof Set of the Eight Full-Page Illustrations for "N by E"
Container: Box/Folder 3/6 -
Description: Artwork: Reproductions of artwork by Kent, miscellaneous
Items using Kent images without other reference to Kent
Container: Box/Folder 1/9 -
Description: Artwork: Copies of Christmas-themed art by Kent
Includes postage stamps
Dates: 1938-1971Container: Box/Folder 1/2 -
Description: Artwork: Postcards printed in the Soviet Union
Postcard images are reproductions of artwork by Kent
Dates: 1965, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/3 -
Description: Artwork: Prospectus
Contains Casanova Aventuros (1925), City Child, The Jewel, A Rosary (1995), and Rockwellkentiana (1933)
Dates: 1925-1995Container: Box/Folder 1/4 -
Description: Artwork: Prospectus
Cover for "Rockwell Kent, An Anthology of his Works" edited by Fridolf Johnson
Dates: 1981Container: Box/Folder 3/1 -
Description: Artwork: Designed by Kent
Contains United American Artists Honors at Testimonial Rockwell Kent flyer (1941), Southern Tenant Farmers Union stamp and card, proof set of the eight full-page illustrations in "N by E", North Country Wallace for President Committee letterhead, American Export Lines menus, and a blank menu
Dates: 1938-2000Container: Box/Folder 1/5 -
Description: Artwork: Designed by Kent
Victory calendar
Dates: 1942Container: Box/Folder 3/2 -
Description: Artwork: Designed by Kent, BookplatesContainer: Box/Folder 1/6
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Description: Artwork: Designed by Kent, AdvertisementsDates: approximately 1930sContainer: Box/Folder 1/7
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Description: Advertisements: Kent-related Events, Services, or Items
Includes flyer from Columbia Lecture Bureau advertising Kent's services as a speaker (undated), advertising flyer for Books by Charles M. Russell and Rockwell Kent (undated), Beowulf lithographs exhibition announcement (1932), Harbor Gallery oils showing invitation (1966, photocopy), invitation to hear Kent speak at 24th anniversary of US-USSR relations dinner (approximately 1971), Kent Centennial pin (1982), "This Is My Own" film ad (1982), and other exhibit and goods advertisements
Dates: 1932-2003 (bulk 1982-2003)Container: Box/Folder 1/8 -
Description: Advertisements: using Kent's artwork
Includes Saturday Evening Post (1943), art museum announcements, and Lakeside Press promotional brochure for Moby Dick (1930)
Dates: 1930-1992Container: Box/Folder 1/9 -
Description: Advertisements: using Kent's artwork
Bags with Doubleday Book Shops logo originally designed by Kent
Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 3/3 -
Description: Books and Pamphlets illustrated by Kent
"How I Make a Woodcut" by Kent (1934), "Of Men and Mountains" by Kent (1959), "Know and Defend America" by Kent (approximately 1945), "You, Who Love Life" by Sobell (1956), American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers 1976 year book, "Week Ends with Tom Cleland" by Eckman (1971), "The Ballad of Yukon Jake" by Paramore (undated), and the dust jacket for "The Mountains Wait" by Kent
Dates: 1934-1971Container: Box/Folder 1/10 -
Description: Periodicals: Articles by Kent
"What is an American?", "There Is No Such Thing as Commercial Art", and "The Artist Tells the Whole Story"
Dates: 1936-1937Container: Box/Folder 1/11 -
Description: Periodicals: Articles about Kent
Magazines which contain an article about Kent: Art Digest, Direction, New Masses, and Wings
Dates: 1929-1946Container: Box/Folder 1/12 -
Description: Periodicals: Articles about Kent
Magazines which contain an article about Kent: Print Review, American Artist, Archives of American Art Journal, Adirondack Life, and American Book Collector
Dates: 1964-1981Container: Box/Folder 1/13 -
Description: Periodicals: Articles about Kent
Magazines which contain an article about Kent: Archives of American Art Journal, SUNY Plattsburgh Museum News, Library Columns, Down East, Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Printing History, and Swarthmore College Bulletin. Also includes clippings of articles.
Dates: 1983-2009Container: Box/Folder 1/14 -
Description: Periodicals: Articles about Kent
Chronogram
Dates: 2009Container: Box/Folder 3/7 -
Description: Periodicals: with Kent Artwork
Atlantic Monthly, Survey Graphic, and Art and Artists of Today
Dates: 1930-1948Container: Box/Folder 1/15 -
Description: Periodicals: with Kent Artwork
The American Home
Dates: 1936Container: Box/Folder 3/4 -
Description: Periodicals: Reproductions of Artwork by Kent
Antiques (2005), Book News (1992), Print Survey (1947), Prints [Aline Kistler] (1938), The London Studio (1937), St. Nicholas for Boys and Girls (1933), Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum (1929), The American Magazine of Art (1928, 1925), The Arts (1925), and The Dial (1924)
Dates: 1924-2005Container: Box/Folder 1/16 -
Description: Periodicals: Reproductions of Artwork by Kent
Playboy No. 6 A Portfolio of Art and Satire
Dates: 1919Container: Box/Folder 3/5 -
Description: Periodicals: The Modern School
Contain Kent cover illustrations and illustrations in the articles
Dates: 1917-1920Container: Box/Folder 2/1 -
Description: Periodicals: Scribner Magazine
Contain Kent cover illustrations
Dates: 1928-1929Container: Box/Folder 2/2 -
Description: Periodicals: Reference to Kent
Yankee, cover illustration, "Kent House" by Jamie Wyeth
Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 2/3 -
Description: Catalogs and Collection Guides
"Alaska Drawings by Rockwell Kent" (1919), "American Artists Group" (1936-1937), Bowdoin College Art Museum "The Rockwell Kent Collection" (1972), B. F. Feinberg Library "The Rockwell Kent Gallery and Collection" (1978), Harco Gallery (1986, 1987, 1989)
Dates: 1919-1989Container: Box/Folder 2/4 -
Description: Catalogs: Auction and Sale, Prints
The University Prints (1936), Associated American Artists (1987), Abigail Furey Fine Prints and Drawings (2000), The Old Print Shop (2002)
Dates: 1936, 1987-2002Container: Box/Folder 2/5 -
Description: Catalogs: Auction and Sale
Bookshops, galleries, auction houses, presses, and other.
Dates: 1929-1995Container: Box/Folder 2/6 -
Description: Guides: Exhibitions in New York State
Includes exhibits which feature Kent's art or which are about Kent's art
Dates: 1939-2000Container: Box/Folder 2/7 -
Description: Guides: Exhibitions outside of New York State
Includes exhibits which feature Kent's art or which are about Kent's art in Maine, Virginia, New Jersey, Illinois, and other States
Dates: 1930-1998Container: Box/Folder 2/8 -
Description: Photographs
AP photograph of a protest in which Kent took part, the Kents in Moscow as a greeting card, Sally and Rockwell Kent in Russia, photo of Kent and Paul Robeson
Dates: 1938, 1962, 1967Container: Box/Folder 2/9 -
Description: Clippings
Clippings with mentions of Kent
Dates: 1979-2000Container: Box/Folder 3/8 -
Description: Miscellaneous
Additional materials which mention Kent or relate to his career. Includes signed letters, copy of the Kent and Briehl v Dulles Supreme Court Case, clippings and photocopies of book chapters or articles about Kent.
Dates: approximately 1933-2003Container: Box/Folder 2/10