{"id":88,"date":"2019-12-09T16:24:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/drawing-connections\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T16:44:25","slug":"other-illustration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/drawing-connections\/home\/other-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockwell Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author: Herman Melville (American, 1819 \u2013 1891)<br>Illustrator: Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971)<br>Moby Dick. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930.<br>Special Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockwell Kent was one of the most respected illustrators of the twentieth century. He is particularly renowned for his wood engravings, although he also produced many woodcut and lithographic book illustrations. His work expressed aspects of his own experience, which included voyages to far-flung corners of the earth in search of inspiration.<br><br>One of Kent\u2019s most celebrated books is the 1930 edition of <em>Moby Dick<\/em>, which he both designed and illustrated. The 280 woodcut illustrations were inspired in part by Kent\u2019s own sea voyages to Newfoundland, Tierra Del Fuego in Argentina, and elsewhere. Kent\u2019s version is the most famous illustrated edition of Herman Melville\u2019s 1851 novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author: Fran\u00e7ois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694 \u2013 1778)<br>Illustrator: Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971)<br>Candide. New York: Random House, 1928.<\/strong><br><strong>Special Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first edition of the first book published by Random House, which rose to prominence in the first decades of the twentieth century. Kent also designed the publisher\u2019s famous trademark. This fine press edition is famous for the harmony between binding, paper, type, and Kent\u2019s illustrations. The elegance of these features sits in contrast to the violence found in Voltaire\u2019s famous novel, a reflection on the calamities that punctuate human existence. Some of that violence can be seen in the many woodcuts Kent created for the volume, and which are found throughout the book. At other times the images are humorous, sad or gracefully charming. 1470 copies of the edition were printed, all signed by Kent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971)<br>Museums Collections<br>Gift of Erhard Weyhe, Weyhe Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971) <br>Masthead, 1926<br>wood engraving on paper <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A version of this wood engraving appeared in Rockwell Kent\u2019s book N by E. It describes the artist\u2019s travels to Greenland, which included a shipwreck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971) <br>Nightwatch, 1929<br>wood engraving on paper <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971) <br>Resting, 1929<br>lithograph on paper <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971) <br>Twilight of Man, 1926<br>wood engraving on paper<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UD_EXHIBITION_ITEM] Author: Herman Melville (American, 1819 \u2013 1891)Illustrator: Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 \u2013 1971)Moby Dick. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930.Special Collections Rockwell Kent was one of the most respected illustrators of the twentieth century. He is particularly renowned for his wood engravings, although he also produced many woodcut and lithographic book illustrations. 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