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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Quiet Waters (Cranes at Night)

This is a Print. It was created by Adolf Dehn and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated 1942 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis Stein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 25.4 × 35 cm (10 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: Adolf Dehn

It is inscribed

Inscribed with title in margin, in graphite, lower left: Quiet Waters

Cite this object as

Print, Quiet Waters (Cranes at Night); Adolf Dehn (American, 1895–1968); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); USA; lithograph in black ink on paper; Platemark: 25.4 × 35 cm (10 × 13 3/4 in.); 1960-231-13

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