Study for
ca. 1934 · Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions : 4 x 6 in. (10.2 x 15.2 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
This watercolor is a study for Doves oil painting of the same title (49.70.37). Dove typically worked out his compositional arrangements and color schemes in this medium, on a small scale, then transferred the image to a larger canvas by means of a projector-like
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About this artwork
Study for (ca. 1934) by Arthur Dove, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard, 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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