Metamorphosis
DrawingsAmerican20th century

Metamorphosis

1954

Artists

Dorothy DehnerArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Watercolor, black ink, and colored chalks on off-white laid paper
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Drawings

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.)

Provenance

[Twining Gallery, New York], sold; to Jake Milgram Wien (1992-2021), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

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