Ancestors

1953

Dorothy Dehner

Associated Names
Dorothy Dehner

Artist, American, 1901 - 1994

The image shows intricate lines and shapes intersecting in an abstract manner across the artwork. The configuration forms figures resembling stylized elongated humanoid shapes and faces. The shapes have an organic flow reminiscent of vines or roots intertwining, while negative spaces accentuate the forms, evoking ancient scripts or hieroglyphs.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Shelly and Gerry Elliott

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.1 × 20 cm (2 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.7 × 28.4 cm (6 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.41.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Artist's Estate; (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); to Gerry and Shelly Elliott, Washington; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Ancestors 17/35" lower left composition, artist's hand, graphite. "Dorothy Dehner '53" lower right composition, artist's hand, graphite.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

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