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Dorothy Dehner

Dorothy Dehner

Artist

WA-00013140

SculptureGeometric Abstraction

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

34

Works in Collection

55

Assets Indexed

11

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ2164544

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959–1960

No image

Recent Sculpture U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

No image

Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957

No image

Posters by Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

Field Verification (7 fields)

1 cross-verified · 6 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge + Bulk Import· 85%
Death yearDuplicate Merge + Bulk Import· 85%
BiographyAi Generated + Bulk Import· 42%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
DeceasedBulk Import· 40%
LocationBulk Import· 40%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1467
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Dorothy Dehner yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (34)

1979 · Various woods

40 5/8 × 17 × 6 3/4 in., 16 lb. (103.2 × 43.2 × 17.1 cm, 7.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Abstraction in Red and Brown)

1963 · Monotype on Arches paper

Image: 57.1 x 43.5 cm (22 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.); Framed: 82.5 x 67.3 cm (32 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Overall: 101.6 x 20.3 x 19.7 cm (40 x 8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

4 x 37 1/4 x 7" (10.2 x 94.6 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1959 · pen and black ink

Sheet: 55.8 x 77.2 cm (21 15/16 x 30 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

River Landscape

River Landscape

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)

Museum of Modern Art

River Landscape #4

River Landscape #4

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)

Museum of Modern Art

River Landscape #1

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Sculptural Forms

1958 · Black ink and marker on paper (recto); engraving with graphite on paper (verso)

18 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (47.9 × 31.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Decision at Knossos

Decision at Knossos

3 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 3" (7.8 x 12.3 x 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mountebanks with Charms

1955 · engraving and roulette, with color added with a stencil

Image: 22.4 x 15.1 cm (8 13/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

River Landscape #2

River Landscape #2

1954 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

The Bridge

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Nocturne

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)

Museum of Modern Art

What Happens to Squares

What Happens to Squares

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)

Museum of Modern Art

1954 · engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

New City

1953 · Watercolor and ink on paper

18 1/8 x 22 5/8" (46 x 57.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

River Landscape #3

River Landscape #3

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)

Museum of Modern Art

The Barn in Bolton

The Barn in Bolton

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Montebanks with Charms

Montebanks with Charms

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Embryi

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Bird Machine I

1953 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

Skating

1953 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

34 published of 53 catalogued · 37 with image

MoMA
19 publishedof 38 catalogued36 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Untitled (Abstraction in Red and Brown)
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bird Machine #3
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Mountebanks with Charms
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Queen
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Jane's Poem
1954 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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New York Harbor
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Moscovite (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements1

Geometric Abstraction

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Selected Credits

5 total

1985American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1959Recent Sculpture U.S.A. — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1959Recent Acquisitions — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1957Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1952Posters by Painters and Sculptors — Museum of Modern Artexhibition