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Hurricane over Charleston,
1941
Adolph Arthur Dehn, 1895–1968; born Waterville, MN; died New York, NY
x1971-24
Both prolific newspaper illustrators and cartoonists, Cady and Dehn turned to producing watercolor landscapes of picturesque American locations which, in Cady’s words "seemed on the verge of being swept away by modernity." Cady’s anecdotal treatment of Appalachian poverty is summed up in the small figure of a scrawny man on his mule crossing a rickety bridge, the forms sharply etched against the looming purple mountains in the distance. Dehn’s more painterly watercolor evokes an actual event—the hurricane of 1941 which devastated portions of the Southeast, including Charleston, South Carolina.
Information
Title
Hurricane over Charleston
Dates
1941
Maker
Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite
Dimensions
39.8 x 58 cm (15 11/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas P. Baird, Class of 1945
Object Number
x1971-24
Place Depicted
United States, South Carolina, Charleston
Signatures
Signed and dated in watercolor, lower left: Adolf Dehn ’41
Culture
Type
Materials
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"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1971," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 31 no. 1 (1972): p. 20-32.
, p. 29 - John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 299, checklist no. 106
