Artist Monograph

Dorothy Dehner, American

American, 1901–1994

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	12	63.2%
Sculpture	3	15.8%
Etching	2	10.5%
Watercolor	2	10.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	16	84.2%
Painting & Sculpture	3	15.8%

Classification Types

Print — 14
Sculpture — 3
Drawing — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	42.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	52.6%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.3%

Range: 10.0 cm → 127.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1953	1
1959	1
1985	1
1992	1
2010	15

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 404" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
From Japan Drawing Acc. 10.1953	1951	Watercolor, ink, and charcoal on paper	18 1/8 x 22 7/8" (46 x 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
First Print Print Acc. 921.2010	1952	Engraving and aquatint with roulette	plate: 4 15/16 x 6 3/4" (12.5 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 13" (25.3 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Bird Machine I Print Acc. 514.1984	1953, printed 1980s	Engraving with roulette	plate: 6 x 8 15/16" (15.2 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 7/16" (25 x 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sara Kuniyoshi
Embryi Print Acc. 922.2010	1953	Etching and aquatint with roulette	plate: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16" (12.5 x 17.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 12 15/16" (28.2 x 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Montebanks with Charms Print Acc. 923.2010	1953	Engraving with roulette	plate: 8 15/16 x 5 7/8" (22.7 x 15 cm); sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16" (35.4 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
New City Drawing Acc. 592.2010	1953	Watercolor and ink on paper	18 1/8 x 22 5/8" (46 x 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
River Landscape #3 Print Acc. 927.2010	1953	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 1/2 x 17 3/4" (11.4 x 45.1 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 x 22 1/2" (25.5 x 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Skating Print Acc. 133.1992	1953, printed c. 1991	Engraving	plate: 2 7/16 x 3 15/16" (6.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 6 1/2 x 7 13/16" (16.5 x 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Barn in Bolton Print Acc. 924.2010	1953	Etching and aquatint	plate: 12 x 9 7/8" (30.5 x 25.1 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 14 15/16" (49.7 x 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Nocturne Print Acc. 930.2010	1954	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 15/16 x 7 15/16" (12.5 x 20.2 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 13/16" (28 x 37.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
River Landscape #2 Print Acc. 926.2010	1954–56	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 1/2 x 17 11/16" (11.4 x 45 cm); sheet: 8 9/16 x 22 3/8" (21.7 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
The Bridge Print Acc. 931.2010	1954	Engraving with roulette	plate: 8 15/16 x 11 13/16" (22.7 x 30 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 18" (37.8 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
What Happens to Squares Print Acc. 932.2010	1954	Engraving with roulette	plate: 5 7/8 x 4 7/8" (15 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 11 15/16 x 11 1/8" (30.4 x 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Decision at Knossos Sculpture Acc. 5.1959	1957	Bronze	3 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 3" (7.8 x 12.3 x 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.91 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
River Landscape Print Acc. 929.2010	1958	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 1/2 x 17 3/4" (11.4 x 45.1 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 22 1/2" (21.5 x 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
River Landscape #1 Print Acc. 925.2010	1958	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 7/16 x 17 13/16" (11.2 x 45.2 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 22 5/8" (21.4 x 57.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
River Landscape #4 Print Acc. 928.2010	1958	Engraving with roulette	plate: 4 7/16 x 17 11/16" (11.3 x 44.9 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 22 3/16" (21.4 x 56.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 543.2010	1959	Bronze	4 x 37 1/4 x 7" (10.2 x 94.6 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture funds and partial gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts
Encounter Sculpture Acc. 544.2010.a-f	1969	Bronze, six parts	Each 50 x 7 x 7" (127 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm), 40 x 6 x 6" (101.6 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm), 39 x 5 x 5" (99.1 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm), 38 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2" (96.5 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm), 27 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/2" (69.9 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm), and 14 1/2 x 5 x 4" (36.8 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds and partial gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts