Artist Biennial

Adolf Dehn

1895–1968

50 works in the collection 27 exhibitions at the Whitney

Works in the collection

Crowded outdoor market with women carrying baskets and selling goods under tall palm trees.

Market in Haiti

1954 · Prints

A line of women in headwraps carry baskets and children while walking along a coastal landscape.

Caribbean Processional

1954 · Prints

People fishing and boating on a calm lake near a small village with trees and hills.

Summer Day

1954 · Prints

People ice skating and strolling on a frozen pond with a stone bridge and leafless trees.

October Sunday

1954 · Prints

Tall leafless trees stand in a dark forest with small figures walking along a path.

Sunday Evening in the Bois

1928 · Prints

Small rowboats moored along a calm riverbank with tall trees in the background.

Road at Waterville

1931 · Prints

A bearded man sits at a cafe table surrounded by women wearing large hats.

Temptation of St. Anthony

1922 · Prints

Hills and trees sloping down to a calm lake with mountains in the background.

The Lake

1927 · Prints

Bare trees surround a small pond in a quiet, shadowed park setting.

Autumn Evening

1928 · Prints

Sparse trees and small houses overlook a calm sea with distant boats on the horizon.

Harbour at Douarnenez

1928 · Prints

A foggy city skyline glows behind bare trees and lamplights in a dark park at night.

Central Park at Night

1934 · Prints

A group of elongated, hat-wearing figures in stylized coats and dresses standing and walking together.

Nine Whores

1927 · Prints

A wide black-and-white landscape shows rugged mountains under a sweeping cloudy sky above an open plain.

The Spanish Peaks

1939 · Prints

Several distorted figures crowded in a gallery stare and gesture at a large unsettling painting.

Contacting Pablo Picasso

1940 · Prints

Five women carrying baskets with birds and fruit while dancing against a warm orange background.

The Dark One

1953 · Drawings

A rotund man kneels before a table of well-dressed diners, holding a pocket watch chain.

Jimmy Savo and Rope

1944 · Drawings

Farmyard with red barns, people tending pigs and two artists painting in the foreground.

"Beauty Is Where You Find It"

1943 · Drawings

Red barns and farmhouse sit in a snowy field beneath bare trees and misty mountains.

Cold Day

1941 · Drawings

Windswept beach with crashing waves and small figures walking along the shoreline toward distant dunes.

Quincy Beach

1934 · Drawings

A procession of nuns in black habits walks past onlookers wearing hats and coats.

Broadway Parade

1935 · Prints

A lighthouse and attached keeper's house stand on a grassy coastal hill overlooking fields and sea.

Gay Head Lighthouse

1935 · Prints

Cows graze in a fenced pasture near a farmhouse and barns under a cloudy sky.

Minnesota Farm

1935 · Prints

Leafless trees and stubbly marsh plants surround a calm river under a cloudy sky.

North Country

1935 · Prints

A snowy country lane curves past bare trees and a fence under a gray sky.

Winter Landscape

1931 · Drawings

The American Scene No. 1

1933–1934 · Prints

A modestly dressed man walks through a crowd of well-dressed people in top hats and furs.

Easter Parade

1933 · Prints

Calm lakeshore at sunset with a boathouse, small dock, distant hills, and dramatic cloud-filled sky.

Sunset at Menemsha

1933 · Prints

A woman sings loudly in a crowded café while patrons listen and react around her.

Gladys at the Clam House

1931 · Prints

A robed cleric with a crozier bends toward a small ruffled-collar puppet.

Little Sinner

1928 · Prints

Several couples dance closely while others sit and watch in a crowded night club scene.

Up in Harlem

1932 · Prints

Snow-covered rolling hills with leafless trees and low fog in a quiet winter landscape.

Winter Hills

1931 · Prints

Two cloaked women with wide hats hunched on the right while two fashionable women walk together on the left.

The Sisters

1927 · Drawings

Four robed clergymen walk together along a park pond while swans swim nearby.

Out Strolling

1927 · Drawings

Several men and women in hats sit and talk at crowded tables in a dim café.

Aperitif Hour

1928 · Prints

A crowded audience with exaggerated, emotional faces reacting to a performance.

At the Grand Guignol

1928 · Prints

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

1927 · Prints

People sit at small tables while a woman leans on the counter talking to the bartender.

Bistro

1928 · Prints

Stout person in heavy coat leans over a small chair holding a handbag and looking down.

Concierge

1928 · Prints

Two men eagerly eat at a table while a woman behind them watches among bouquets.

Cornucopia

1928 · Prints

An elderly man supports a bundled woman as they walk near a park fountain.

Dusk in the Luxembourg

1928 · Prints

Five women in a theater box peer through opera glasses and react dramatically.

Entr'acte

1928 · Prints

Four stylized female figures with elongated heads perform a synchronized dance on a stage.

Girls

1928 · Prints

Wide charcoal landscape showing rolling hills, scattered pine trees, and low morning mist across fields.

Landscape in Eldorado

1930 · Prints

A horned, theatrical dancer performs before a group of astonished women while a swan watches.

Lohengrin

1928 · Prints

Negro and Three Girls

1928 · Prints

Paris Lithographs

1928 · Prints

A lively night scene of couples dancing and socializing on a city street near cafés.

Promenade

1928 · Prints

Two cloaked figures sit together while two slender figures approach in a foggy landscape.

Sisters

1928 · Prints

A young woman and others sit at a table while dancers swirl behind them.

Tango at Zelli's

1928 · Prints

Several women in 1920s-style clothing sit at small cafe tables, holding cups and looking forward.

Women of Montmartre

1928 · Prints

Exhibitions at the Whitney