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Dorothy Dehner (American, 1901–1994)
LOT ID: 65488
Untitled, 1969

Plaster, resin with silver and black patina
9 х 2.2 in. cm.
Signed, inscribed, "Dehner" and dated "'69" on base.
Lot description
Thick, biomorphic bands form an amoebic grid in the manner of Isamu Noguchi in this late modernist sculpture by artist DOROTHY DEHNER. This is a unique variant of a popular piece.

Sculptor Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994), the wife of American sculptor David Smith, studied at the Art Students League with Jan Matulka and with the legendary American printmaker and artist Stanley William Hayter, who also taught Alexander Calder, Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz, Mark Rothko, Louise Bourgeois and so many others. She was awarded the Woman's Caucus for Art Award and the prize for drawing from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gallery.

Her work is included in many museums, such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Harvard University Art Museum, Storm King Art Center and the Phillips Collection.

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