(Farmyard Sketch)
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This is a pencil sketch of a landscape with two farms and rolling hills framed by two bare trees on either side of the composition. In the left foreground, is a fence in front of a tree introduces the viewer into the composition. Lightly sketched fence posts diagonally lead the viewer from the left side of the composition to the first barn. Another diagonally line on the right leads the viewer to the left side where another group of farm buildings can be seen. Behind the farms are more rolling hills with several trees. The rolling hills merge imperceptibly with The sky. Two colors are hand written over the hills in the center of the image.
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Drawing
14 x 11 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.193
(Meditation)
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A drawing of an elderly man meditating and sitting on a couch-like piece of furniture. The face of the man is rendered in greater detail than the rest of the body. The artist has added dark shading around the head of the man and his right arm. The man has a long white beard with shoulder length white hair. His eyes are closed. He is wearing a loose fitting robe-like garment with a closure near his waist. His upper torso is turned towards the right to face the viewer while his lower torso is twisted towards the left.
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Drawing
8 3/16 x 11 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.196
(Old Woman in Rocking Chair)
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A line drawing of an elderly woman wearing a long dress with a lacy collar and cuffs. Her dress has buttons leading up from her waist to her collar where they are met with a broche. She is seated in a rocking chair looking to her right. Her hair is up and she appears to be wearing a hat or some type of head covering. To the right of the woman is another piece of furniture.
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Drawing
9 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.198
(Tired Shopper)
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A sketch of a figure, seemingly a woman, tired from shopping; she is looking down at the ground and carrying objects under her right arm. She is wearing a tall hat and a long coat. This figure is centrally positioned and dominates the entire composition.
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Drawing
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.204
(Woman in Tub)
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A large woman is wearing a bath cap and is being served tea in a bathtub by a maid in the traditional black and white costume and a white hat. In the background is a mirror showing the reflection of the maid bending towards the tub with the tray of tea.
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Drawing
11 x 14 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.206
(Young Fisherman)
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Young Fisherman is a watercolor sketch of a young boy wearing a red and white checkered collared shirt, jean overalls rolled up to his knees and a red cap. He is holding a fishing pole in his left hand and in his right hand he is holding and looking at the end of the fishing line. His right arm is holding a yellow container against his mid section.
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Drawing; Watercolor
8 x 8 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.209
2 Kunstler Drucker (or Jew and Gentile)
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A rabbi and a priest standing back to back divide this black and white lithograph. The rabbi and priest appear to be dressed in religious clothing including hats while holding spiritual symbols in their hands. The rabbi is wearing a long beard whereas the priest is clean shaven. The two figures dominate the majority of the composition but in the background the viewer can see two intertwining hills with pines trees.
2 Kunstler drucker; Adolph Dehn '29
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1929
1929-01-01
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Paper
Lithography
9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.142
All for a Piece of Meat
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An edge of a round table fills the lower portion of the composition. A vase with flowers, a couple of dishes and glasses can be seen sitting on the table. Two figures are seated at the table, a woman with short white hair is seated to the right of a large balding man with a mustache sporting an open jacket; his left hand is touching his collar; he has a cigar in his mouth. The woman is looking toward the viewer while her torso is turned facing the man to her right. In the background, a number of figures and other tables have been loosely and abstractly sketched into the composition leaving the focus of the composition on the two figures in the foreground
25 Prints; All for a Piece of Meat; Adolf Dehn; 1927
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1927
1927-01-01
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Lithography
8 x 11 9/16 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.216
Bald Hills
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A variety of different sized pine trees along with dark stump like marks lead the viewer from the foreground up a foot hill to larger hills or mountains in the background. The three hills in the middle ground are topped with pine trees; the mountains behind them are bare leading up to a sliver of sky.
7/25; Bald Hills; Adolf Dehn '29
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1929
1929-01-01
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Lithography
14 x 10 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.141
Big Sunset
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In the foreground, on the right, are two large pine trees in front of a hill that dominates the composition. The hill angles down from right to left to an unidentified body of water or flat valley floor. In the middle ground, loosely articulated land and vegetation merges with the horizon line. The top third of the composition is a cloud filled sky pierced with rays of sunshine streaming through gaps in the clouds touching on the middle ground landscape across the composition.
18/30; Big Sunset; Adolf Dehn; '31
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1931
1931-01-01
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Lithography
10 1/2 x 15 1/16 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.221
Colorado Mountains
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In the left foreground is a fence heading at a diagonal from left to right. Behind the fence and down the hill are open fields that include more fences. Beyond the open fields in the middle ground are low hills dotted with trees. These hills merge into various shades of gray mountains. In the background, beyond the mountain, the sky moves from a light grey directly behind the mountains up to a dark gray at the top of the composition. Pencil notes about colors are included.
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Ink wash
17 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.192
Concierge (study)
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The composition is dominated by a large woman facing right holding a purse in her right hand and grasping the top of a chair with her left hand. The woman has curly hair and an earring in her left ear. She is dressed in a blouse, skirt, open jacket/coat and black shoes. There is a faint sketch of cat behind the chair. The background is undefined.
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1928
1928-01-01
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Paper
Ink wash
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.234
Consumptive Girl
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A head and shoulders portrait of a girl fills the composition. She has short hair with bangs and is wearing a shirt with a collar. Her face is very angular with exaggerated features especially her eyes. There appears to be dark circles under her eyes and the thin arched eyebrows give a sense of angst.
Adolf Dehn 26'
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1926
1926-01-01
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Paper
Drypoint
12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.236
Conversation Piece
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The composition is filled with abstracted and human like figures framed within geometric shapes : rectangles, diamonds, squares, circles and ovals. The abstracted figures are against a light yellow background while the geometric shapes are arranged against a black background to create a unified composition.
12/25; Adolf Dehn
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1961
1961-01-01
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Paper
Lithography
21 7/8 x 17 7/16 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.237
Everybody Loves Momo
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In the foreground, a winged female figure on the right faces left towards four other figures. In the middle are three female winged figures holding bouquets, two child-like, and one adult, all wearing heels. On the far left, a male figure faces right draped in a cloth around his mid-torso; his arms are crossed over his chest. There are three dogs in the foreground; two of them are standing on their back paws, with their front paws up against the winged female figure on the right. A black cat holds on by its front paws to the chest of the female winged figure. All this activity takes place against a modulating black, grey & white background.
23/25; Everybody Loves Momo; Adolf Dehn
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1963
1963-01-01
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Lithography
15 x 18 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.158
Get Thee Behind Me (or Satan and the Preacher)
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A representation of a Satan-like figure, wearing a suit, vest, and tie, and with a man's face with horn-like spikes on top of his head and hairy extremities, stands behind a figure standing at a podium, possibly a preacher. The Satan-like figure's long hairy tail wraps around the legs of the preacher while his hairy hands grab the preacher's right shoulder and left side. In front of both figures is a podium with an open book (presumably the bible). The Satan-like figure has a small moustache and hooves for feet. The preacher, who appears to be without hands, is reaching up towards the sky with his right arm. In place of his right hand, is a small angel carrying a cross surrounded by a ray of light, nothing takes the place of his left hand. The wide open eyes and exaggerated facial expression of the preacher seem to express fright or stress.
Artist's proof; Adolph Dehn 1945
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1945
1945-01-01
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Paper
Lithography
15 x 11 1/2 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.125
Grain, Shocks, Farm, Rolling Hills
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In the foreground are lines of haystacks neatly bound in rows diagonally from left to right. In the left foreground is a small hill separate from the farm land with trees and shrubbery. In the middle ground is more farmland with rows of haystacks that lead to a small farm in the center right of the composition. Beyond the farm, in the background, are a few more hills with the upper half of the composition, a expansive sky spotted with fluffy clouds.
Adolf Dehn
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ca. 1950
1950-01-01
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Ink wash
22 x 15 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.251
Its Easy
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In the center of the composition are two clown-like figures dressed in nuns’ habits balanced precariously on a tight rope. One figure is upside down balancing her head on the figure below her who is balancing with one foot on the tight rope. Both figures are looking at each other and have their arms outstretched mirroring one another. Perched on the left side of the rope is a white owl. The background is a modulated black and white space.
29/35; It's Easy; Adolf Dehn
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1961
1961-01-01
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Paper
Lithography
16 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.267
Love Labour Leisure
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The composition contains a farm scene filled with a variety of farm animals; cows, horses, pigs, horses, a man painting, two people fishing in a boat on the river, a barn, home, and windmill. In the left foreground is a corral with a steer leaning over the fence towards a cow; they are almost nose to nose. To the right are more farm animals, cows, pigs, horses mostly grouped in pairs. A shed like building in the middle foreground provides shelter for the some of the animals. To the far right is a figure with paint brush in one hand and palette in the other facing a canvas on an easel. He is facing the farm yard scene. Behind the painter is a body of water with two figures, in a boat, fishing. In the middle ground, on the right, is a clump of trees that thin out a bit as you move toward left center and eventual to the left side of the composition where a number of farm buildings and house can be seen. A windmill stands in front of the farm house with trees surrounded the sides of the house. Overhead in the background nearly cloudless sky fills the upper two-thirds of the composition.
100 Prints; Love Labor Leisure; Adolf Dehn; '37
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1937
1937-01-01
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9 5/16 x 13 1/8 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.273
Madamoiselle Bonita from the Jungles of Madagascar
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A woman stands in the center of the composition against a dark shadow outline; she has short blonde hair, is wearing a calf-length dress with fringe around the sleeves, the hip and the hem areas. She is holding a snake that is wrapped over her shoulders with her two hands out in front of her; another larger snake is also precariously perched over her shoulders while an equally large snake is coiled around her feet. She stares off into the distance almost as if in a trance.
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12 1/2 x 10 inches
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2013.0.274
My Femme de Menage
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My Femme de Menage is a caricature of a woman dressed in a jacket/sweater-like top, a skirt and clogs is the main figure in the composition. Her arm is akimbo while the left arm is extended holding a broom. She has short hair, large eyes and a big smile. She stands against a shallow non-descript background.
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5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
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2013.0.289
North Country
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The composition is a lake scene and in the foreground are submerged bare trees and plants. A number of trees have black birds perched at the top of their trunks. In the right middle ground a small building can be seen near the shoreline. On the distant shoreline more groupings of trees can be seen under a sky partly cloudy sky with sunlight rising from the horizon.
100 prints; North Country; Adolf Dehn 35
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1935
1935-01-01
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10 x 13 3/4 inches
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2013.0.132
Nun
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The composition is filled with a caricature of a large nun in habit. She stands in an undefined space with her head bowed and her eyes closed. Her hands are holding a rosary that hangs down in front of her, the cross of the rosary touching the floor in front of her.
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1928
1928-01-01
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9 11/16 x 10 11/16 inches
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2013.0.291
Rain on Lake, MN
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The composition is an ink drawing of a rain storm over a lake. In the foreground and middle ground have a few different islands or inlets. The islands and shoreline are covered with trees. The top two thirds of the image have low hanging gray clouds horizontally filling the sky while vertical lines representing rain connect the whole composition from top to bottom.
Adolf Dehn
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15 x 22 inches
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2013.0.296
Shelley and Keats (study)
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This grayscale, monotone ink drawing features two figures, a man and a woman, both of which are wearing hats and reading books. The woman is wearing a dress with a frilly collar and cuffs, and is appears to be seated in a chair on the left side of the composition. The man, shown in profile facing the woman on the left, is wearing a suit, and is seated on a bench, his left foot resting on an ottoman. The woman's face is obscured by a book with the word "Shelley" printed on it. The man has a smaller book that says "Keats," but his face is in profile and visible to the viewer. The couple appears to be in a park or garden. On the left side of the composition, there is a flowing fountain with small birds around its edge. The figures are drawn in a sketch-like style and detail and volume are implied with the use of short and long strokes.
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14 7/8 x 18 3/4 inches
PhysicalObject; StillImage
2013.0.299