A black-and-white print of six stylized nuns in full habit looking up at a cloudy sky as a snake slithers in the grass in front of them.

Snake in the Grass

Adolf Dehn (1895-1968)

Date

1945
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph
Dimensions

Image: 11 1/4 x 17 in.
Sheet: 17 x 22 in.
Edition

AP
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. inscribed in graphite: artist's proof. DA [monogram]. - for Mitch, Adolf
l.c. titled in graphite: Snake in the Grass
l.r. signed and dated in graphite: Adolf Dehn '45.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson
Accession Number

1980.28
Copyright

© Estate of Adolf Dehn

Location: Off view

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