Hill and Mountain

1958

Adolf Arthur Dehn

Associated Names
Adolf Dehn

Artist, American, 1895 - 1968

The image shows a landscape with rolling terrain viewed from above. The horizon merges with the sky, creating an expansive scene. The artwork depicts trees and various landscape features using stippled brushstrokes for detail and depth. A monochrome palette of black and white creates strong contrast, emphasizing the natural forms. Vegetation appears dense closest to the viewer, transitioning into open, lighter tones further away. Hills in the distance add to the depth of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on BFK Rives paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 50 x 40 cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 57.2 x 46.3 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1959.10.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsdaine/O'Sullivan 1987, no. 522

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia; gift to NGA 1961.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Lumsdaine, Jocylyn Pang, and Thomas O'Sullivan. The Prints of Adolf Dehn: A Catalog Raisonné. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987, p. 207, no. 522.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 8/20; lower right in graphite: Adolf Dehn '58

Watermarks

BFK RIVES

Wikidata ID

Q65214173

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