Arthur G. Dove
Spring

ArtistAmerican, 1880–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Spring
Date1932
PlaceUnited States
MediumWatercolor and black chalk on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 3/16 × 12 3/8 in. (25.9 × 31.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown
Object number80.13
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 21, 1988 - September 3, 1988

"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

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