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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Dehner
(American, 1901 - 1994)
Date1953
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsComposition: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 in. × 11 7/8 in. (20.3 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1988.11
On view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2012-2013
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Affinity Atlas," October 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 (brochure).
1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 138).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2012-2013
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Affinity Atlas," October 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 (brochure).
1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 138).
Provenance
1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Philip W. Abell
Published References
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions"
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. 138).
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat. 138).
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Dorothy Dehner '53
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil lower left: 25; entitled and editioned in pencil at lower left: Bird Machine #1 12/25
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Medium: Pencil on paper
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Date: 1965
Medium: Etching
Object number: 2003.15.4
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Date: date unknown
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
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Date: date unknown
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Object number: 2001.4.394.17
John James Audubon
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Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 2002.11.1