Rockwell Kent, This is My Own, An Exhibition at the New York State Museum of selections from the collection of Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York

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Kent in studio at Asgaard, c.1930

From 1912 to 1968, Kent practiced the time-honored art of the bookplate, creating more than 185 designs. In most cases he never met the individuals he created them for, but he still sought to learn about them via correspondence, asking each client for “the story of your life, your likes, your aspirations.”

Kent’s own library contained thousands of volumes. Books were a sacred matter to the artist:

“The theft of a book is more nearly homicide than larceny. Books are not things, they’re people multiplied; their friendships are as inexhaustible as Shelley’s love.”

“…the possession of books is both the promise of a richer life and, in degree, the sign of its fulfillment. Ah, there is much, thank God, to be desired in life! And books stand high.”

Kent in studio at Asgaard, c.1938

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	Study for Feild, c.1920's pencil on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.151.2]
	Study for Feild, c.1920's ink on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.151.3]
	Kathleen and Rockwell Kent, c.1920 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.183.2]
	N L (Nancy Lee), c.1920 ink on vellum Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.102.4]
	Carl Zigrosser, c.1920 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.186]
	Joe E Kennedy, c.1937 ink on board Museum Purchase, Sally Kent Gorton Endowment [P52006.3.1]

	Elbridge Hardley Stuart, c.1940's pencil and paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.147.1]
	Elbridge Hardley Stuart, c.1940's ink on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.147.2]
	Samuel Loomis Prentiss, 1913 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.156]
	Briarcombe Farms, 1913 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.8]
	C A (Charles Amiguet), 1920 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.99]
	Lucie Rosen, 1922 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.121.1]
	E Josephine Holgate, 1923 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.200]
	Albert Alexander Mendez, 1923 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.157]
	Mary C Wheelwright, 1923 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.249.1]
	George S. Chappell, 1923 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.10]
	John Hay Whitney, 1925 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.124]
	Ray Slater Murphy, 1926 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.116.2]
	Katherine Abbott, 1927 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.148.2]
	O D D (Olga Drexel Dahlgren), 1927 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.126]
	Arthur S. Allen Jr., 1927 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.247]
	George R.M. Ewing, Jr., 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.24.2]
	Chicago Latin School, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.9.1]
	Gordon Kent, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.190]
	Rockwell Kent III, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.184]
	Frances and Rockwell Kent, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.181.2]
	Emily Milliken Lambert, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.162]

	George Milburn, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.115]
	Library of the College of Preachers at Washington D.C., 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.176]
	Margaret and Ralph Pulitzer, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.155]
	Iphigene Ochs and Arthur Hays Sulzberger, 1928 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.152]
	Robert J. Hamershlag, 1929 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.168.2]
	J B Neumann, 1929 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.106.2]
	John R Palmer, 1931 ink on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.114]
	Stephen Morgan Etnier, 1933 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.170]
	Paul Mayo, 1933 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.110]
	Frank H Whitmore, 1934 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.260.2]
	Hazel and Richard Harwell, 1936 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.167]
	Blanche Kednay, 1936 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.85.1]
	Joe E Kennedy, 1937 linecut on paper Sally Kent Gordon Estate [P52006.3.3]
	Ray Baker Harris, 1937 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.35]
	L U (Louis Untermeyer), 1937 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.151]
	Gordon A Block Jr, 1938 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.180]
	Arthur G Altschul, 1940 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.147]
	George Henry Corey, 1941 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.13.1]
	Sally and Rockwell Kent, 1947 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.160]
	Antioch Bookplate Co.: Style 7Y-55, 1950 linecut on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.6.89]
	Bookplate Drawing, n.d. pencil and ink on paper Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton [P52000.136]

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