Ancestors

1954

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and aquatint; red variant on pink paper
Dimensions: Plate: 2 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (5.2 × 20.2 cm) Sheet: 4 13/16 × 13 1/8 in. (12.3 × 33.3 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.520.11
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Ancestors — Dorothy Dehner. 1954.

Medium: Etching and aquatint; red variant on pink paper. Dimensions: Plate: 2 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (5.2 × 20.2 cm) Sheet: 4 13/16 × 13 1/8 in. (12.3 × 33.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of the Dorothy Dehner Foundation, 2013.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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