Shore Road
1942 · Wax emulsion on canvas
Dimensions : 27 7/8 x 20 in. (70.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
The title of this painting refers to a street in Centerport, Long Island, where Dove lived his last years (1938–46). Although not immediately identifiable as a landscape, the subject is suggested by the verdant and earthy tones. The pale green background also recalls the water of nearby Huntington Harbor. Based on a small watercolor study, as so many of Doves paintings are, this composition was enlarged and adjusted to its final configuration with the help of a pantograph.
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About this artwork
Shore Road (1942) by Arthur Dove, Wax emulsion on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Arthur Dove
Arthur Garfield Dove (August 2, 1880 – November 23, 1946) was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter. Dove used a wide range of media, sometimes in unconventional combinations, to produce his abstractions and his abstract landscapes.
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