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Dorothy DehnerAngular Rhythm1951
1951
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Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American multidisciplinary artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture.
Despite her artistic contributions, Dehner's legacy was overshadowed for many years by her ex-husband, the acclaimed sculptor David Smith. Stifled by their tumultuous relationship, Dehner only fully committed to her practice after divorcing him in 1951. This break was highly fruitful for her output and her reputation in the years following.
After the divorce, Dehner refined her artistic voice and expanded her practice to include printmaking and sculpture. Her new-found independence and renewed ambition led to a pivotal relationship with the esteemed printmaking studio Atelier 17. Working there she formed a close and enduring friendship with Louise Nevelson.
Simultaneously spontaneous and architectural, Dehner's oeuvre resists categorization. Marked intricate linework and structural geometric forms, the artist blends organic abstraction with an innate sense of rhythm and balance.
This impressive work on paper demonstrates Denher's distinct brand of abstraction, that is simultaneously architectural and spontaneous. A monochromatic wash of vermillion floods the composition, intensifying a joyous series of dynamic geometric forms that unfold beneath the surface. The interplay between color and form showcases Dehner's masterful command of spatial tension. Many of Dehner's best works from this period amplify the echo of Cubism in abstract expressionism.
From 1948 until her passing in 1994, Dehner had over 50 solo exhibitions and completed numerous public commissions for prestigious organizations such as New York Medical College, Rockefeller Center, and the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
To learn more about Dorothy Dehner's works on paper, we recommend exploring the online holdings of her work at the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.) and the MoMA (NYC).
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“Angular Rhythm”
USA, 1951
Ink and watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower left
20.5"H 15.75"W (work)
25"H 20.25"W (framed)
Very good condition
- Creator:Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994, American)
- Creation Year:1951
- Dimensions:Height: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 03-251stDibs: LU215215941312
Dorothy Dehner
Dorothy Dehner was one of the important women artists in the United States in the mid-century American abstraction movement (the Museum of Modern Art in New York has more than a dozen of her works in its collection). Unfortunately, she has been overshadowed by the titanic presence of David Smith (the most important sculptor of the Abstract Expressionist period), whom she married when they were both young artists experimenting with abstraction in the 30s. Though she, too, devoted an amount of time making sculpture, she was the more talented painter of the two (they separated in the 40s, allegedly due to Smith's feelings of competition with Dehner). Her pen and ink and watercolor works are the most moving, expressive and original of her creations. When the Museum of Modern Art decided to buy one of her works for its permanent collection in 1953, it was one of these watercolors it chose. The Jewish Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art have held major retrospectives of Dehner's work. In 1993, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one of Dehner's watercolors from this same period. Her work is also in the British Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, Phillips Collection (Washington D. C.), Philadelphia Museum of Art and Museum of American Art, among others.
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