City Moon
Date
(1938)
Artist
Arthur G. Dove, American, b. Canandaigua, New York, 1880–1946
Provenance
Alfred Stieglitz, New York
Downtown Gallery, New York
Harold Diamond Gallery, New York, to 6 June 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 6 June 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
AN AMERICAN PLACE, New York. "Arthur G. Dove: Exhibition of Recent Paintings," 29 March-10 May 1938, no. 1.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, Houston. "Sheeler-Dove," 7-23 January 1951, no. 10.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Arthur G. Dove Retrospective Exhibition," 30 September-16 November 1958, no. 61, ill. p. 62. Tour: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 1 December-5 January 1959; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 25 January-28 February; MARION KOOGLER MCNAY ART INSTITUTE, San Antonio, 18 March-18 April; ART GALLERIES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, 1 May-15 June; ART CENTER IN LA JOLLA, California, 20 June-30 July; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 15 August-30 September.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 421, p. 301.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Grand re-opening exhibition, 1 July 2006-4 July 2007.
Published References
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 421, p. 301.
DELUE, RACHAEL Z. Arthur Dove: Always Connect (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2016), fig. 51, p. 62.
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School
Early American Modernism
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1413
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil and wax emulsion on canvas
Dimensions
34 7/8 × 25 in. (88.6 × 63.4 cm)
