Time and Tide
/Adolph Dehn
1949
American, 1895-1968
Lithograph
Gift of the Dehn Estate, made possible by Harmon-Meek Gallery
Florida Southern College Permanent Collection FP.2017.29.25
A work that invites close-looking if ever there were one, Time and Tide cries out for visual description. Take a few moments to verbalize the details of the central figure. What can we surmise about her? Why? Where is she? What is she looking at off the scene’s far right, if not merely the water alone? Is she looking at anything or is she simply lost in her own thoughts? What sights and sounds and experiences has this woman seen and heard and felt that led her to this moment frozen in time? The story can be epic or simple but is entirely yours to tell.