Object Details
Artist
Arthur G. Dove, American, b. Canandaigua, New York, 1880–1946
Provenance
Alfred Stieglitz, New York
Downtown Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Watter, Philadelphia, to 19 October 1967
Sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, "American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Folk Art," 19 October 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 October 1967-1 January 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, New York. Sale, "American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Folk Art: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Watter, Philadelphia, PA," 19 October 1967, no. 29, p. 30; ill. p. 29.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 491, p. 350.
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, New Jersey. "Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America," 23 May-15 August 1999, cat. TOUR: KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, 24 September-9 January 2000.
TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Washington. "The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935," 29 January 2006 -21 May 2006. TOUR: FIGGE ART MUSUEM, Iowa. 17 September 2005 -1 January 2006.
Published References
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 491, p. 350.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Date
(1937)
Accession Number
72.99
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil and wax emulsion on canvas
Dimensions
10 × 14 1/8 in. (25.3 × 35.7 cm)
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School
Early American Modernism
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_72.99