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ARTHUR DOVE (1880-1946)

Lot 12
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1561432
Lot 12 | ARTHUR DOVE (1880-1946)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
ARTHUR DOVE (1880-1946)
Study for 'Dark Abstraction'
charcoal on paper
21 ¼ x 18 in. (54 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1917-21.




Provenance

The artist.
Florence Cane, New York, acquired from the above.
Melville Cane, New York, by descent from the above.
Estate of the above.
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, Inc., New York, 1979.
Mudd/Carr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1980.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1983.
Jon and Barbara Landau, New York, by 1993.
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1995.



Literature

A.L. Morgan, Arthur Dove: Life and Work, With a Catalogue Raisonné, Newark, Delaware, 1984, p. 49.
B.B. Stretch, "The Enigmatic Arthur Dove," ArtNews, vol. LXXXIV, no. 1, January 1985, p. 91, illustrated.



Exhibited

Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Atlanta, Georgia, High Museum of Art; Kansas City, Missouri, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts; Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, New Milwaukee Art Center, Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron, June 13, 1981-November 14, 1982, pp. 78, 146, no. 12, pl. 14, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Realism and Abstraction: Counterpoints in American Drawing, 1900-1940, 1983, p. 86, no. 99, illustrated.
(Probably) New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Arthur Dove: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Collages, November 3-December 29, 1984.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The Art of Collecting, 1984, p. 55, no. 41, illustrated.
Houston, Texas, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Charcoal Drawings, 1880-1985, October-November 1985, n.p., no. 7, illustrated.
Venice, Italy, Palazzo Grassi, Futurismo & Futurismi, 1986, p. 364, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Modern Times: Aspects of American Art, 1907-1956, November 1-December 6, 1986, pp. 38-39, no. 31, illustrated.
New York, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, Inc., Arthur G. Dove: Pastels, Charcoals, Watercolors, February 6-March 13, 1993, pp. 17, 41, no. 9, illustrated.
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