Artist Monograph

Arthur Dove, American

American, 1880–1946

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	2	28.6%
Sculpture	2	28.6%
Other Media	1	14.3%
Oil Painting	1	14.3%
Gouache	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	57.1%
Painting & Sculpture	3	42.9%

Production by Decade

2

1910s

3

1920s

1

1930s

1

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	85.7%

Range: 17.8 cm → 88.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1939	1
1941	1
1955	1
1958	1
1980	1
1983	1
1988	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 509" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nature Symbolized Drawing Acc. 304.1983	c. 1911–12	Charcoal on paper	21 1/4 x 17 7/8" (54 x 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Edward John Noble Foundation
Abstraction Untitled Drawing Acc. 35.1988	c. 1917–20	Charcoal on paper	20 1/2 x 17 1/2" (52 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Edward John Noble Foundation
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz Drawing Acc. 193.1955	1924	Assemblage of lens, mirrored glass plate, springs, steel wool, glue, and nails on board	15 7/8 x 12 1/8" (40.3 x 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Grandmother Painting Acc. 636.1939	1925	Shingles, needlepoint, page from John Downame’s A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation, pressed flowers and ferns mounted on cloth-covered wood	20 x 21 1/4" (50.8 x 54.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip L. Goodwin (by exchange)
The Intellectual Painting Acc. 101.1958	1925	Wood box with magnifying glass, bone, moss, bark, and a scale on varnished cloth mounted on wood	17 x 7 1/8" (43 x 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Philip L. Goodwin Collection
War Drawing Acc. 468.1980	1939	Gouache and aluminum leaf on paper	7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously (by exchange)
Willows Painting Acc. 471.1941	1940	Oil on canvas	25 x 35" (63.5 x 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Duncan Phillips