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Preview image of work. watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper (watercolor paper),  Man in a Doorway 7746

1971.79.2

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Man in a Doorway

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Artist

Rockwell Kent (Tarrytown, New York, 7/21/1882 - 3/13/1971, Sable Forks, New York)

Title

Man in a Doorway

Creation Date

ca. 1926

Century

early 20th century

Dimensions

14 in. x 10 in. (35.6 cm. x 25.4 cm.)

Object Type

watercolor

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper (watercolor paper)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase with Funds Donated Anonymously

Copyright

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Accession Number

1971.79.2

Object Description

5/10/2011: Per Jake Wien, an independent curator from New Hampshire who had put together the exhibition Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern (June 23 through October 16, 2005) at the Portland Museum of Art.....
On 5/10/11 12:08 PM, "Jake M. Wien" wrote:
In the meantime I found the watercolor "Man in a Doorway" n.d. on the BCMA website.
It looks to be from the 1920s, and possibly Ireland, given its handling, palette, and ambition. Clues to its location are the clothing and the doors (two of them possibly) to the structure depicted. I would think Christy might have much to say about these clues.
You might want to advance the description of this watercolor from "n.d." to "c. 1926". I do not think this is a Greenland watercolor (later) based on the clothing of the man.