Ancestors

1953

Dorothy Dehner

Associated Names
Dorothy Dehner

Artist, American, 1901 - 1994

The image depicts a series of interconnected, organic shapes and lines forming a dense composition. The abstract design features thick black outlines and filled-in dark areas. Viewers may identify familiar forms such as figures, faces, or totems within the intricate patterns in the artwork. The composition resembles a collage of abstract figures closely packed together, with each form interacting or overlapping with the adjacent ones.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    relief etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Shelly and Gerry Elliott

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.1 × 20.1 cm (2 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.8 × 33 cm (8 3/16 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.41.4

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 2/40" lower left composition, artist's hand, graphite. "D. Dehner '53" lower right composition, artist's hand, graphite.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

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