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Music for Strings

1949

Dorothy Dehner

Associated Names

Dorothy Dehner

Artist, American, 1901 - 1994

The image shows an abstract composition with intersecting lines and curves on a softly hued background. Fine lines extend and bend across the canvas, some forming angular connections while others arc gracefully. There are broader, bolder segments with alternating black and white stripes resembling piano keys scattered across the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor with pen and black ink on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Dimensions

sheet: 46 x 58.1 cm (18 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

1997.63.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Kraushaar Galleries

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Dorothy Dehner 49

Wikidata ID

Q64541309

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