Description
“Casanova” from Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, was printed on copper plates by hand by Rockwell Kent in 1925.
Annotation
The collotype offered is from the “Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt,” created in 1925. The artwork is unsigned. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. The artwork is not in the Rockwell Kent Catalogue Raisonne by Dan Burne Jones. This is a proof printing and the condition is excellent. I had acquired this artwork through the Dyansen Gallery in New York City, 1989.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt was privately published by Aventuros in 1925 in a 12-volume, numbered edition of 1026. This print is from the portfolio of 12 illustrations by Kent which accompanied 26 sets of the deluxe edition.
This piece has been stored in an architectural flat file drawer in a smoke-free adult environment. All of our prints are kept in tissue and/or plastic sleeves and mailed flat to ensure safe travels. We do not list artwork with visible surface conditions, marks, or damage beyond the perimeter margins (unless specifically noted for rare prints). Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated.
About Rockwell Kent
American artist, illustrator, and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). [Source: Wikipedia]
Museums collections: (partial list)
- Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC
- Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY
- Dallas Museum of Art, TX
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
