Team of Horses
Object Details
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Date
1911 or 1912
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Object Type
Drawings
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Medium
Pastel on paper fiberboard mounted to plywood
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Dimensions
18 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.r. signed: Dove
Verso:
Label from San Francisco Museum of Art
Label from Terry Dintenfass, Inc.
Label from White Art Museum, Cornell University
Handwritten label: 3. \ Arrangement in Yellow \ Black Red and White \ from Teams of horses pulling \ a heavy load up a hill. \ Arthur G. Dove \ 7 Livingston Place \ Stuyvesant Square \ New York City. \ $500.00 [last two zeroes underlined]
Torn, typewritten label on back of old frame: 7. Team of Horses, 1911 \ Dr. Mary C. Holt
[removed] white, printed label: 9. TEAM OF HORSES 1911 \ PASTEL ON LINEN \ COLLECTION OF MARY B. HOLT, M.D. \ BAY SHORE, NEW YORK
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
1984.29
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Copyright
Public domain
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Revealed Treasures: Drawings from the Permanent CollectionOctober 21, 2001–February 10, 2002
This exhibition of drawings spanning the 19th and 20th centuries represents the evolution of the medium from preliminary outlines for other artistic media to a modern means of self-expression in its own right.
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The Allure of Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the CollectionJuly 9–October 9, 2011
This special exhibition showcases one-of-a-kind works on paper never before exhibited together, chronicling the sweeping changes that occurred in American art over the course of nearly 200 years from portraiture and history painting to modernism and abstraction.
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Grades 6–12
Thinking about movement in the piece, create a sketch that moves the viewer throughout the composition.
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