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Winter in Minnesota
194420th century
30 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (77.5 x 97.8 cm)
Adolf Dehn, American, (1895–1968)
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Watercolor on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, Encyclopedia Britannica Collection, Gift of William Benton, Class of 1921, Trustee 1948-1961
Accession Number:
1998.215
Adolf Dehn, a prolific printmaker, worked extensively in lithography and other media. Born in Minnesota, Dehn gravitated to bohemian artistic communities in Europe and New York. In addition to Minnesota rural landscapes, Dehn depicted scenes around the world, and had a special talent for caricature. In 1937 the artist began to produce exhibition watercolors such as Winter in Minnesota, which met with enthusiastic acclaim. With this image, Dehn’s returns to his childhood home near Waterville, Minnesota – southwest of Northfield.
Winter in Minnesota is among nine pictures given to Carleton by William Benton, when a trustee of the college. While CEO of Britannica, Benton assembled an extensive collection of American paintings to be used in marketing and as a demonstration of corporate support for American art.
Winter in Minnesota is among nine pictures given to Carleton by William Benton, when a trustee of the college. While CEO of Britannica, Benton assembled an extensive collection of American paintings to be used in marketing and as a demonstration of corporate support for American art.
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- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- watercolor (paint) - A transparent aqueous based paint produced by mixing ground pigments with water and, generally, gum arabic. Aqueous based paints made with vegetable gum binders were used by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artists for wall paintings. Japanese and Chinese painters extensively used watercolor paints on silk panels and delicate paper scrolls. In the 16th through18th century, watercolor paints were used for miniature illustrations on porcelain, ivory, cards, books and manuscripts. By the 18th and early 19th centuries, watercolors rapidly increased in popularity due to the availability of small cakes of watercolor paints in metal pans, usually applied to a paper support by using a brush.
- watercolors (paintings) - Refers to two-dimensional works of art, usually on a paper support, to which pigment suspended in water is applied with a brush to create an image or design.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Contemporary American Painting , 9/1/2017 - 3/14/2018
Dimensions
- outer frame Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (775 x 978 mm)
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