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Arthur Dove

Arthur Dove

American, 1880–1946

WA-00017274

PaintingAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

33

Institutional Exhibitions

43

Works in Collection

53

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ709461

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

No image

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

No image

Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

No image

Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

No image

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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The Art of Assemblage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1602
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Abstract Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (43)

Sun

1943 · wax emulsion on canvas

24 x 32 in. (61.0 x 81.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sun

1943 · watercolor and pen and ink on paper

sheet: 3 x 4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sun

1943 · wax emulsion on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet: 3 x 4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Reasonable Facsimile

A Reasonable Facsimile

1942 · Encaustic on canvas

47.3 × 63.2 cm (18 5/8 × 24 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for A Reasonable Facsimile

Study for A Reasonable Facsimile

1942 · Watercolor, gouache, and brush and black ink, with scraping, on cream wove paper

Sight: 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1942 · pen and ink and crayon on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (10.0 x 14.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Over the Harbor, Centerport

Over the Harbor, Centerport

1942 · watercolor on paper

5 1/2 x 9 in. (14.0 x 22.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Untitled (Centerport)

Untitled (Centerport)

1941 · watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet and image: 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (10.4 x 13.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Study for "Flat Surfaces"

1941 · Tempera on paper

4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Car across the Street

Car across the Street

1940 · pen and ink and watercolor on paper

sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (14.1 x 22.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Black and White

Black and White

1940 · gouache on paper

sheet: 6 x 8 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Willows

1940 · Oil on canvas

25 x 35" (63.5 x 88.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

War

1939 · Gouache and aluminum leaf on paper

7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Landscape)

Untitled (Landscape)

1938 · ink and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet and image: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (14 x 23.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Swing Music (Louis Armstrong)

Swing Music (Louis Armstrong)

1938 · Emulsion, oil, and wax on canvas

44.8 × 65.7 cm (17 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spiral Sketchbook No. VI

1938 · watercolor, gouache, ink, black chalk, and graphite

Closed: 13 x 7.5 cm (5 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Open: 25.5 x 7.5 cm (10 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abstraction (pg. 09)

1938 · Graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abstraction (pg 23)

1938 · Black Ink, Gouacahe with traces of Graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abstraction (pg 15)

1938 · Graphite

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abstraction (pg 25)

1938 · Black ink

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abstraction (pg. 03)

1938 · Black Ink, Watercolor, Colored Pencils

Cleveland Museum of Art

1937 · Tempera on paper

3 × 4 in. (7.6 × 10.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cross and Weather Vane

Cross and Weather Vane

1936 · Oil on canvas

88.3 × 62.6 cm (34 3/4 × 24 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1935 · Tempera, gouache, and ink on paper

3 × 3 7/8 in. (7.6 × 9.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

43 published of 50 catalogued · 39 with image

Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
Smithsonian
11 published11 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Spiral Sketchbook No. VI
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstraction (pg. 03)
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pine Tree
1931 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstraction (pg. 09)
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstraction (pg 23)
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstraction (pg 15)
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Abstraction (pg 25)
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Silver Sun (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements1

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US