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Pine Tree
1931
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove (American, 1880–1946)
American Painting and Sculpture
Pine Tree, 1931. Arthur Dove (American, 1880–1946). Oil on canvas; framed: 90.2 x 116.8 x 5.7 cm (35 1/2 x 46 x 2 1/4 in.); unframed: 76.4 x 101.6 cm (30 1/16 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1992.128 Arthur Dove’s love of nature deeply informed his work. As evident in Pine Tree, he rendered his subjects through abstracted form, rather than literal description. Here, the artist reconfigured the tree’s gnarled branches as rhythmically undulating shapes, and transformed its spiky needles into playfully jagged outlines. Most dramatically, three male pine cones, laden with pollen, appear as flame-like bursts. Dove loved nature, preferring to live on houseboats rather than in the heart of the city.
- Maker/Artist
- Dove, Arthur Garfield
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 90.2 x 116.8 x 5.7 cm (35 1/2 x 46 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.4 x 101.6 cm (30 1/16 x 40 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower center: "dove"
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1992.128
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Selected Acquisitions, Arthur Dove: A Retrospective Exhibition, Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME], New York, An American Place, Arthur G. Dove Exhibition (14 March-9 April 1932), see photocopies of handwritten catalogue, listed there as no. 1.
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
- Museum Location
- 226A American Modern
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