Key West Beach

1947

Adolf Dehn

Associated Names
Adolf Dehn

Artist, American, 1895 - 1968

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a seascape viewed from the front. The horizon is high up, with a few distant landforms along it under a dynamic sky. Above the horizon, the sky has textured clouds in shades of gray and white. Several wooden poles with pelicans on top are in the water below. The water has light and dark patterns, hinting at light reflections. The color palette is monochromatic, mainly blacks, whites, and grays, giving a dramatic and timeless feeling.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.23 × 33.5 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 × 43.66 cm (12 1/8 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1153

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsdaine/O'Sullivan 1987, no. 439

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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. 185, no. 439.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 98, no. 866.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Adolf Dehn

Markings

stamped upper right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77008944

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