Dorothy Dehner signed screenprint ~ 1970 ~ 4/20

Description: Dorothy Dehner (American, 1901–1994)untitled color screen print on Arches (watermarked) paper, signed and dated '70 l.r., 4/20, inscribed "With love to Pat and Laura" the inscription is to Pat Renick, sculptor and fine arts teacher, and her companion, Laura Chapman, art educator who lived in Cincinnati, OH sheet measures approximately: 17 3/8" W x 22 3/8" H Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing and carrier fees. About Dorothy Dehner Dorothy Dehner was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Dehnner emerged as a leading voice of postwar American abstract expressionism. Though she didn't receive acclaim until the 1950s, Dehner worked for over seven decades, creating works on paper and bronzes that are notable for their lyricism, warmth and interiority. Dehner's acute and cohesive body of work continues to rise to prominence. Dehner was born in Cleveland, Ohio and as a young woman pursued drawing, modern dance, poetry, and acting. After a trip abroad in 1925, she enrolled at the Art Students League in New York and met the artist David Smith, whom she married in 1927. The couple spent many summers at their upstate home in Bolton Landing, permanently moving there in 1940. During their marriage, Smith was a domineering figure and limited Dehner’s opportunities for art making. After her permanent separation from him in 1950, Dehner returned to New York and was free to make work without fear of Smith’s jealousy, control, or violence. Rose Fried Gallery held Dehner’s first solo exhibition in 1952 when she was 49 years old, and in 1953 she participated in group shows at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MoMA. Dehner began printmaking at Atelier 17, where she became life-long friends with Louise Nevelson. In 1955, Dehner began creating sculpture, modeling abstract forms in wax for bronze casting at the Sculpture Center, and Marian Willard signed on as her dealer. Later in Dehner’s career, she began making sculptures in wood, and eventually worked with fabricators to create steel sculptures of monumental proportions. Throughout the decades, she utilized a personal iconography of arcs, lines, stars, and wedges. Dehner worked prolifically until her death at the age of 92 and today her work is held by many public collections. Dorothy Dehner’s Work in Selected Public Collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkThe National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe British Museum, LondonThe Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.Seattle Art Museum, SeattleMinnesota Museum of Art, St. PaulThe Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandPhiladelphia Museum of Art, PhiladelphiaPhoenix Art Museum, PhoenixMuseum of Art, BostonWhitney Museum of American Art

Price: 2125 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

End Time: 2025-01-06T19:33:57.000Z

Shipping Cost: N/A USD