The Harpooneer

© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton, All rights reserved.
The Harpooneer
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton, All rights reserved.

The Harpooneer

Date1930
Artist (American painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, 1882–1971)
Illustration CitationMoby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville (Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930)
MediumPhotolithograph print
Dimensionscomposition: 7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in. (19.8 × 14 cm)
sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (28.9 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1994
Object number1994-51
On View
On view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe 1930 edition of Moby Dick with Kent's illustrations was published just as critics were rediscovering Melville's novel. The book's success was a factor in its becoming recognized as the classic it is today.
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Leg and Arm, from Moby Dick
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
The Gam, from Moby Dick
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
The Blacksmith, from Moby Dick
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
The Lookout, from Moby Dick
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
The Dart, from Moby Dick
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Almost
Rockwell Kent
1929
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Moby Dick, Title Page
Rockwell Kent
1930
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Books Make the Home
Rockwell Kent
1938
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Study for Anna Sten, Nana
Rockwell Kent
1934
© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Be…
Northern Night
Rockwell Kent
1930
And Now Where
And Now Where
Rockwell Kent
1936
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Woman and boy in rocky landscape
Rockwell Kent
not dated
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