Arthur Dove, Over the Harbor, Centerport
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Arthur Dove

Over the Harbor, Centerport

1942

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
watercolor on paper
Dimensions
14 × 22.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-131079

Over the Harbor, Centerport is one of many small-scale watercolors Dove created in his beloved Long Island, New York, during the last years of his life. This landscape provided constant inspiration for the artist who preferred the organic shapes of nature to the angular shapes of the city. In this abstract, lyrical composition, Dove captured the essence of the harbor with loosely painted black li…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin

Registry history

  • 1942 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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