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Inv. n°: CL724

Katmandu #1 (Holy City)

This object is on display at the FAMM . Come experience it in person.

Unique. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 66.04 x w. 107.95 x d. 7.62 cm
1959
Bronze

Provenance

  • Estate of the artist
  • Acquired at Eric Firestone Gallery, New York

Publications

  • Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1960, p. 43
  • H. Van Weeren-Griek, Dorothy Dehner: Ten Years of Sculpture, 1965, n°24
  • J. Marter (ed.), Women and Abstract Expressionism: Painting and Sculpture, 1945-1959, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, 1997, p. 26
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 76-77, p. 237
  • A. Searle, "Beyond Form review: the dogged gunk rockers who besieged the art world – and the disco", The Guardian, February 5, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/05/beyond-form-review-gunk-rockers-bridget-riley-louise-bourgeois
  • Turner Contemporary, Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, Eiderdown Books, 2024, pp. 35-36
  • Y. Shionoiri, "Carving Out Space: Contextualizing Female-Presenting Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Sculpture", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p.163

Exhibitions

  • Annual Exhibition 1960: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA, December 7, 1960 — January 22, 1961
  • Dorothy Dehner: Ten Years of Sculpture, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA, March 11, 1965 — April 11, 1965
  • Women and Abstract Expressionism: Painting and Sculpture, 1945-1959, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, USA, March 20, 1997 — April 17, 1997
  • Women and Abstract Expressionism: Painting and Sculpture, 1945-1959, NY. Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, USA, May 10, 1997 — June 15, 1997
  • Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, Tuner Contemporary, Kent, United Kingdom, February 3, 2024 — May 6, 2024

© Estate of Dorothy Dehner

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