Barge, Trees, Silver Ball
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Arthur Garfield Dove
(Canandaigua, New York, 1880–Centerport, New York, 1946)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1930
MediumOil and silver paint on beaver board
DimensionsCanvas: 23 1/4 x 32 11/16 in. (59 x 83 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mari and James A. Michener, G1968.44
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object numberG1968.44
On View
On viewLocations
- exhibition BMA, Gallery, B3 - Huntington Gallery
Collection Highlight
In Barge, Trees, Silver Ball, blue-black and green organic trees float in front of a silver form that recalls the sun or moon suspended over a sliver of barge. The forms are barely identifiable, even with the aid of the painting’s title. Dove worked from 1910 until his death in 1946 to extract the pictorial essence of forms and recast them in his compositions, often leaving little or no visible trace of his point of departure.
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