Lot 105
  • 105

Adolf Dehn

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Adolf Dehn
  • The First Snowfall
  • signed Adolf Dehn and dated '47, l.r.; signed, titled 'The First Snowfall'  and dated 1947, verso

  • gouache and watercolor with traces of pencil on paper
  • 21 3/8 by 28 7/8 in.
  • 55 by 73 cm.

Provenance

Associated American Artists, New York

Condition

In generally good condition; the remnants of old brown tape are attached all around the edges, 1/2 inch wide -- seemed to have been placed there by the artist as strokes of pigment overlap -- edges (under mat) show surface colors have faded substantially over time, particularly the sky which was originally blue/gray; scattered pinholes along margin, a few scattered light stains.
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