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Two original Rockwell Kent Moby Dick Illustrations
Two original Rockwell Kent Moby Dick Illustrations
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Author: Kent, Rockwell
Title: Two proof illustrations from Moby Dick
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Date Published: c.1930
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Two original photo-lithographs on paper. Tipped to matting, within a single frame. Overall 41.5x30.5 cm (16½x12")



Two original photo-lithograph proofs from Rockwell Kent's famed illustrations for the 1930 Lakeside Press edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Hailed by many as the greatest illustrated book of the 20th century. The images here include Queequeg in struggle with the whale (5x5½") and an image of three whales on the water's surface (2¼x5½"). Each image is signed by Kent in pencil in the lower margin.

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Not archivally framed, not examined out of frame, appears fine.
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Two original Rockwell Kent Moby Dick Illustrations

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