The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Sledging (Greenland Travelers)
1933
(American, 1882–1971)
Sheet: 31.1 x 23.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Rockwell Kent and two shipmates sailed to Greenland from North America on a 33-foot wooden cutter, called Direction, in 1929.Description
Rockwell Kent was an adventurer as well as a transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He traveled to many wildernesses, finding inspiration in their stark beauty and austerity. The artist spent time in Greenland in the 1930s, making a number of works there depicting Indigenous people, such as this image of two individuals and a traditional sled, likely of the type pulled by dogs. His stark, realist style implies the bitter cold and yet sublimity of nature.- {{cite web|title=Sledging (Greenland Travelers)|url=false|author=Rockwell Kent|year=1933|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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