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Abstract Composition
Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition

Arthur Garfield Dove (American, 1880–1946)
about 1942
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas; reverse of Formation III (Green Landscape)
Dimensions50.8 x 71.44 cm (28 x 20 in.)
Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Accession number1983.385b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Inscriptions(double-sided painting)ProvenanceMay 13, 1957, sold for $1200 by Downtown Gallery, New York (inv. no. 43/01), to William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1983, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1983)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Sales Slips (1 of 3), 1957: Reel 5628 (Box 73), Frame 939.

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