Arthur Dove

Dove, Arthur Garfield

American, 1880 - 1946

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This horizontal, abstract painting is made up of flat areas of red, yellow, blue, green, brown, and orange to create shapes with curving, scalloped edges, zigzagging, teeth-like edges, or straight edges. Three rays seem to emanate from the bottom left corner with bands of pine green at the top, brown at the center, and yellow at the bottom. An opposing diagonal band of shapes crosses the rays from the top left to bottom right corner. That band is cherry red across the green and brown, and royal blue next to the yellow ray. The left border of the band is curved like scallops, and the right-hand edge is narrow, long zigzags. The rays change color past this band to be blue across the top, yellow at the center, and orange below. A tall brown form, like an abstracted tree trunk, extends up along the right edge of the painting. Fields of green to either side could suggest a tree’s canopy and grass. There are yellow speckles in one of the red areas, and green speckles in one of the yellow areas. The artist signed the work across two field of color at the bottom center. His name, “Dove,” is painted with blue letters “DOV” against a yellow background and the final “E” in yellow against the blue field.
Arthur Dove, Space Divided by Line Motive, 1943, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.136.105

Space Divided by Line Motive

Arthur Dove · 1943 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.105

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1943, oil on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.2

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1943 · oil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.2

Arthur Dove, Untitled, c. 1943, watercolor and gouache on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.7

Untitled

Arthur Dove · c. 1943 · watercolor and gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.7

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1943, oil on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.6

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1943 · oil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.6

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, oil and tempera on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.13

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · oil and tempera on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.13

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, oil, tempera, and graphite on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.21

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · oil, tempera, and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.21

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, gouache on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.9

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · gouache on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.9

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, watercolor, pen and black ink, and black pencil on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.12

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · watercolor, pen and black ink, and black pencil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.12

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, oil on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.8

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · oil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.8

Arthur Dove, Untitled, 1942, oil on wove paper, Gift of William Dove, 1992.111.17

Untitled

Arthur Dove · 1942 · oil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.111.17

Bibliography

1975

  • Haskell, Barbara. Arthur Dove. San Francisco, 1975.

1981

  • Newman, Sasha M. Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron. Exh. cat. Phillips Collection, Washington, and six additional venues, 1981-1982. Washington and New York, 1981.

1984

  • Morgan, Ann Lee. Arthur Dove: Life and Work, With a Catalogue Raisonné, Newark, London, and Toronto, 1984.

1997

  • Balken, Debra Bricker, in collaboration with William C. Agee and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Arthur Dove: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997-1998. Andover and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997.

2016

  • DeLue, Rachael Ziady. Arthur Dove: Always Connect Chicago and London, 2016.