River Landscape I

1958

Dorothy Dehner

Associated Names
Dorothy Dehner

Artist, American, 1901 - 1994

The artwork features geometric shapes and lines arranged in an abstract composition. Triangular and polygonal forms are interconnected, with sections filled with densely packed vertical lines. To the right, a large trapezoidal shape with fine parallel lines converges. Along the left, smaller shapes cluster together. Throughout the piece, floating angular forms distribute randomly.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and roulette in blue-black on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 x 45 cm (4 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.8 x 53.8 cm (8 3/16 x 21 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.63.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kraushaar Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower left below plate mark in graphite: River Landscape I 4/35; lower right below plate mark in graphite: Dorothy Dehner '58

Wikidata ID

Q75397001

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