2-Sided Black & White Drawings

A page from the Estate of Adolf Dehn from Executor, Virginia Dehn. Featured is a work of art on both sides that have each been matted and placed in a double-sided frame (measuring 29 x 23 inches) so that both images are visible. On one side is a lithograph by Adolf Dehn (1895-1968, American) that has been referred to as both “The Old Whore” and “Woman and Dog” circa 1930. In the lower left margin, it reads “probedruck A.D.” meaning ‘proof’ in German, with the artist’s initials. (Dehn lived in Europe, including a time in Berlin during the 1920’s - early 1930’s.) The lithograph was Issued in a small edition of 20, and the image is referenced in ‘Catalogue Raisonné: The Prints of Adolf Dehn: A Catalogue Raisonne’ by Lumsdaine and O'Sullivan 186.

The reverse side features a drawing of acrobatic/trapeze circus performers. It brings to mind the large group of circus drawings created by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1899. Lautrec drew the series from memory while recuperating in a medical clinic from alcoholism and a mental breakdown. Additionally, there is a plate monogram that resembles Lautrec’s well-known initials inside a circle.