Lot Essay
The present work relates to Dove's 1936 oil and wax emulsion composition of the same title (location unknown).
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Brown Sun and Housetop
Details
ARTHUR G. DOVE (1880-1946)
Brown Sun and Housetop
signed 'Dove' (lower center)
watercolor on paper
5 ½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1936.
Brown Sun and Housetop
signed 'Dove' (lower center)
watercolor on paper
5 ½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1936.
Provenance
Downtown Gallery, New York.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Josephine L. Ferguson and Byron L. Ferguson, acquired from the above, 1997.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1997.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Josephine L. Ferguson and Byron L. Ferguson, acquired from the above, 1997.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1997.
Literature
M. Kirschner, Arthur Dove: Watercolors and Pastels, New York, pp. 53, 96, pl. 21, illustrated.
D.B. Balken, Arthur Dove: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Things, New Haven, Connecticut, 2021, p. 225, illustrated.
D.B. Balken, Arthur Dove: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Things, New Haven, Connecticut, 2021, p. 225, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1968.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cline Fine Art Gallery, Arthur Dove: Paintings from the 20s & 30s, July 4-August 28, 1997, n.p., illustrated.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cline Fine Art Gallery, Arthur Dove: Paintings from the 20s & 30s, July 4-August 28, 1997, n.p., illustrated.
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