Unser Kent / by W. P. ; with a portrait of the author by Rockwell Kent
odd: label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: [S.l.] : Privately printed 1930.
name: label: Creator
content: Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Maine
label: Topic
content: Illustration of books
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Peter Powers, son of Walter Powers to whom Peirce inscribed the book.
creator: label: Creator
content: Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, watercolorist; Searsport, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: [10] leaves (ill., 32 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peirwauk
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3894 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Satiric poem on Rockwell Kent by Peirce. Contains an inscription in French to "mon ami Walter Powers," 1934. The book includes a signed lithograph by Rockwell Kent entitled "The Olympian Peirce reading his terrific lines to a group of young ladies" and a watercolor and ink drawing by Peirce of flutist "Unser Kent." Peirce made two changes in the text. Also included is a clipping from ESQUIRE, November 1936, of a Peirce poem and illustration.