Rockwell, Kathleen, and their five children
Egypt Farm, Arlington, Vermont, 1921 |
In 1919, after returning
from his Alaskan adventure, Kent decided to move his family
out of New York City. Searching for a farm they could afford,
Kent and his wife, Kathleen, found an isolated property
high on the southern spur of Mt. Equinox, near Arlington,
Vermont. It was called Egypt Farm.
Now the father of five, seeking ways to sustain both his growing
family and his creative spirit, Kent became the world’s
first incorporated artist. He designed a certificate and issued
$4,000 worth of stock in himself at $100 per share.
The newfound success he enjoyed as a painter and writer
allowed him to soon reward his investors with a 20 percent
dividend and dissolve Kent Incorporated.
But the peripatetic artist became disenchanted with rural
domesticity. Vermont was not the Eden-like existence he had
envisioned. Though he often cursed city life, he began making
longer, more frequent trips back to New York City.
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 | Barbara, c.1918
pencil on paper
Museum Purchase, Sally Kent Gorton Endowment
[P52006.5] |
 | Rockwell Kent Incorporated: Stock Certificate, 1919
linecut on paper
Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton
[P52000.187] |
 | Junior Art Patrons: Emblem, 1921
linecut on paper
Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton
[P52000.195] |
 | Female Figure Flying Over Village, 1921
linecut on paper
Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton
[P52000.196] |
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