An abstract watercolor of a blue swath of color across the top, a green swatch across the bottom, and a yellow circle in between with red and blue dashes that resemble a smiley face.

Face on a Bank

Arthur Dove (1880-1946)

Date

1940
Medium

Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions

5 x 7 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in ink: Dove
Verso:
in ink on paper mounted on original mount: Face on a Bank \ 1940
LABELS:
ARTIST ARTHUR G. DOVE [typed] NO. 40/17 [typed] \ TITLE FACE ONA
BANK [typed] DATE 1940 [typed] SIZE S. P. \ THE DOWNTOWN GALLERY, 32
E. 51st Street., New York
[Herbert B. Palmer and Co. [see 1988.8 for printed info]
/ typed: ARTHUR G. DOVE \ Face on a Bank, 1940 \ Watercolor
on paper 15 x 7
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson
Accession Number

1988.10
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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