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Ancestors

1954

Dorothy Dehner

Artist, American, 1901 - 1994

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of James Marston Fitch)
Dimensions

plate: 5.24 × 20 cm (2 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
sheet: 16.51 × 30.48 cm (6 1/2 × 12 in.)
Accession

2015.19.3080

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Marston Fitch, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

Teller, Susan. Dorothy Dehner: A Retrospective of Prints. New York: Associated American Artists, 1987, no. 17.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ancestors 14/35; lower right in graphite: Dehner '55 / For Jim - Love, Dorothy

Wikidata ID

Q77009660

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