Lot Essay
The present work relates to an oil painting of the same year titled Slaughter House (private collection, New Jersey). Both works were exhibited at Alfred Stieglitz's gallery, An American Place, in 1937.
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Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
Slaughter House
Details
Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
Slaughter House
signed 'Dove.' (lower center)
watercolor and ink on paper
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed in 1936.
Slaughter House
signed 'Dove.' (lower center)
watercolor and ink on paper
5½ x 9 in. (14 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed in 1936.
Provenance
The artist.
[With]An American Place, New York.
Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above, 1937.
Elmira Bier, gift from the above, 1937.
Estate of the above, 1976.
Sale: Swann Galleries, New York, 28 September 2000, lot 211.
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2001.
[With]An American Place, New York.
Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above, 1937.
Elmira Bier, gift from the above, 1937.
Estate of the above, 1976.
Sale: Swann Galleries, New York, 28 September 2000, lot 211.
Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
An American Place, Arthur G. Dove: New Oils and Water Colors, exhibition checklist, New York, 1937, no. 29.
S.M. Newman, Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1981, p. 98, pl. 33, illustrated (as Barn Next Door).
D.B. Balken, Arthur Dove Watercolors, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2006, n.p., no. 15, illustrated (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
"Galleries--Uptown: Arthur Dove," The New Yorker, June 12, 2006, n.p. (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
S.M. Newman, Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1981, p. 98, pl. 33, illustrated (as Barn Next Door).
D.B. Balken, Arthur Dove Watercolors, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2006, n.p., no. 15, illustrated (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
"Galleries--Uptown: Arthur Dove," The New Yorker, June 12, 2006, n.p. (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
Exhibited
New York, An American Place, Arthur G. Dove: New Oils and Water Colors, March 23-April 16, 1937.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, and elsewhere, Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron, June 13-August 16, 1981 (as Barn Next Door).
New York, Alexandre Gallery, and elsewhere, Arthur Dove Watercolors, May 13-June 23, 2006 (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, and elsewhere, Arthur Dove and Duncan Phillips: Artist and Patron, June 13-August 16, 1981 (as Barn Next Door).
New York, Alexandre Gallery, and elsewhere, Arthur Dove Watercolors, May 13-June 23, 2006 (as Red Barn (The Slaughter House)).
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