Harvard Art Museums > 2021.627: Metamorphosis Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Metamorphosis (Dorothy Dehner) , 2021.627,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/374712. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2021.627 People Dorothy Dehner, American (Cleveland, Ohio 1901 - 1994 New York) Title Metamorphosis Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1954 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/374712 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, black ink, and colored chalks on off-white laid paper Dimensions 48.9 × 64.1 cm (19 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.) frame: 67.6 × 82.4 × 5.1 cm (26 5/8 × 32 7/16 × 2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on verso, u.r., in graphite: X-38 / Dorothy Dehner '54 / Metamorphosis / $200 / 7 (?) / Twining (?) #91326 label: removed from backing board: Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994) / Metamorphosis / Ink and watercolor on paper, 1954 / Signed and dated in ink, lower left; titled in graphite, verso / Sheet: 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (white antique laid paper) / Exhibited: Willard Gallery ("No. X-38") / with the original Willard Gallery label, c. 1957 / Provenance: Twining Gallery, acquired in 1992 gallery label: removed from backing board: Artist Dorothy Dehner / Title Metamorphosis / 1954, water color, / 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 / rental $200.00 No. X-38 / Willard Gallery / 32 East57 St. New York City / 23 W. 56 - N.Y.C. C, 19 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Twining Gallery, New York], sold; to Jake Milgram Wien (1992-2021), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jake Milgram Wien Copyright © Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts Accession Year 2021 Object Number 2021.627 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), pp. 19, 129, repr. as pl. 60 on p. 129 Exhibition History American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
