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Artist/Maker
Adolf Arthur Dehn
(American, 1895 - 1968)
Date1940
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.3 × 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/4 in. × 24 in. (48.9 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Grace C. Root, P1944, H1952
Object number1964.6
Not on view
Description"This is a straight crayon drawing, with the texture of the stone remaining in the light areas, the darker grays resulting from strong rubbing" (Adolf Dehn and Lawrence Barrett, "How to Draw and Print Lithographs," 70)
The image depicts Alfred H. Barr, Jr. organizer of MoMA's 1940 exhibition, "Picasso: Forty Years of His Art," being devoured by a surreal self-portrait of Picasso as he lectures to a group of benefactors. Barr's assistant turns away in horror, while the audience on the right watches the events unfold. (Reba Williams and Dave Williams, "The Influence of Picasso on American Printmakers," Print Quarterly, Sept. 1996, vol. 13, no. 3, 286)
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus. 28).
2006
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Works by WPA Artists from the Collection of the Emerson Gallery," September 22-December 30, 2006 (cat. no. 4, illus., 10) [installed in conjunction with exhibition "WPA Artists: Prints from the Amity Art Foundation"].
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 55).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus. 28).
2006
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Works by WPA Artists from the Collection of the Emerson Gallery," September 22-December 30, 2006 (cat. no. 4, illus., 10) [installed in conjunction with exhibition "WPA Artists: Prints from the Amity Art Foundation"].
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 55).
Provenance
1964: Hamilton College, by gift of Mrs. Edward W. [Grace C.] Root
Published References
Susanna White, ed., THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, 2007)
Lyndra Vassar "Contacting Pablo Picasso, " 28, illus., 28.; WPA ARTISTS: PRINTS FROM THE AMITY ART FOUNDATION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, 2006)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no. 55).
Lyndra Vassar "Contacting Pablo Picasso, " 28, illus., 28.; WPA ARTISTS: PRINTS FROM THE AMITY ART FOUNDATION (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Emerson Gallery, 2006)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no. 55).
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Adolf Dehn 1940.
Inscribed
Editioned and entitled in pencil at lower left: artist's proof. Contacting Pablo Picasso.
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