Who created "Bird Machine I"?

Bird Machine I was created by Dorothy Dehner in 1952/1953.

When was "Bird Machine I" created?

This artwork was created 1952/1953.

What medium is "Bird Machine I"?

Bird Machine I is engraving and roulette in black on wove paper.

Bird Machine I

Dorothy Dehner

1952/1953

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Medium

engraving and roulette in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 20.5 x 30.2 cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

Classification

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of the Judith Rothschild Foundation

Accession Number

1997.64.2

About the Artist

Dorothy Dehner

Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an American sculptor and printmaker whose distinctive artistic voice emerged fully only in midlife, following decades of work that had been overshadowed by her marriage to the prominent sculptor David Smith. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dehner studied at the Art Students League in New York, where she met Smith, and the two became central figures in the circle of American...

Bird Machine I

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