Great God Pan

1939

Adolf Arthur Dehn

Associated Names
Adolf Dehn

Artist, American, 1895 - 1968

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

This is an image showing a group of nuns painting outdoors by a body of water. The drawing features several nuns seated on a flower-filled landscape, each painting scenes in front of them. They are holding artist palettes and paint brushes, focused on their canvases set on easels. In the background, there is a mysterious figure with horns in the water, with arms outstretched. The scenery includes trees, creating a serene yet slightly eerie atmosphere. The image has a monochromatic tone that enhances the dramatic contrast and the peculiar subject matter.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Rives paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.5 x 35.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)
    sheet: 31.2 x 41.6 cm (12 5/16 x 16 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3371

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsdaine/O'Sullivan 1987, no. 313

Artwork history & notes

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. 149, no. 313.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 6/40 The Great God Pan.; lower right in graphite: Adolf Dehn 1939.

Watermarks

RIVES

Wikidata ID

Q64952346

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