Art, literature & historyAncestors
1953
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- drypoint in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 12.5 x 22.7 cm (4 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 14.9 x 22.7 cm (5 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1997.64.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Ancestors — Dorothy Dehner. 1953.
Medium: drypoint in black on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 12.5 x 22.7 cm (4 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 14.9 x 22.7 cm (5 7/8 x 8 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1997.64.1. Gift of the Judith Rothschild Foundation.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.