Untitled
Arthur Dove
1943
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oil on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 7.3 x 10.2 cm (2 7/8 x 4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William Dove
Accession Number
1992.111.2
About the Artist
Arthur Dove
Arthur Garfield Dove (1880–1946) was an American painter widely regarded as one of the first artists to create fully abstract works in the United States, a pioneer whose lyrical, nature-inspired abstractions gave American modernism a distinctly organic and spiritual character. Born in Canandaigua, New York, Dove initially worked as a commercial illustrator before traveling to Europe in 1907–1909, ...