Untitled (Landscape)

Arthur Dove, Untitled (Landscape), ca. 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, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1993.22.1

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Artwork Details

Title: Untitled (Landscape)
Artist: Arthur Dove
Date: ca. 1938
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet and image: 5 ¹⁄₂ x 9 ¹⁄₈ in. (14 x 23.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums: ink
watercolor
Mediums Description: ink and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Abstract
Landscape
Object Number: 1993.22.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1993.22.1

Artwork Description

Arthur Dove began creating small watercolors as studies for larger paintings, but he came to appreciate them as stand-alone works and by the 1930s began to include them in exhibitions. Lyrical color and freely sketched forms reveal Dove’s impulsive, of-the-moment response to nature and his surroundings. Although celebrated as one of the country’s most accomplished abstract artists, Dove captures the American landscape through gestural lines and washes of color.

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Exhibitions

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Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.