India Night

1961

Adolf Arthur Dehn

Associated Names
Adolf Dehn

Artist, American, 1895 - 1968

This is a painting of a white bull accompanied by a group of robed figures. The painting depicts a large, prominent bull standing to the left. Its large horns are a focal point, curving upward from the head. The bull is surrounded by several cloaked figures in deep red and brown shades, moving alongside it. The background is dark, emphasizing the figures and the bull. The abstract figures add a sense of mystery and solemnity to the scene. This is in the style of Odilon Redon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2-color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.5 x 50.1 cm (15 3/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 46.6 x 57.6 cm (18 3/8 x 22 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.1.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lumsdaine/O'Sullivan 1987, no. 554

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. 215, no. 554.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 11/35 India Night lower right in graphite: Adolf Dehn

Wikidata ID

Q65506437

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