Jacob's Ladder No. 1
Date
1957
Artist
Dorothy Dehner, American, b. Cleveland, Ohio, 1901–1994
Provenance
Willard Gallery, New York, to 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
JANE VOORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, New Brunswick, New Jersey. "Dorothy Dehner and David Smith: Their Decades of Search and Fulfillment," 15 January-4 March 1984. TOUR: SKIDMORE COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Saratoga Springs, New York, 19 April-13 May.
CANTOR ART GALLERY, COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Worcester, Massachusetts. "Envisioning Jacob's Ladder: Religion, Representation and Allusion in American Visual Culture, 1750-2000," 10 March-6 April 2004.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1310
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
32 X 8 7/8 X 8 5/8 IN. (51.2 X 22.5 X 21.9 CM.) INCLUDING BASE H: 1/2 IN. (1.3 CM.)
