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Neighborly Attempt at Murder
Neighborly Attempt at Murder

Neighborly Attempt at Murder

Arthur Garfield Dove (American, 1880–1946)
1941
Medium/TechniqueOil and wax on canvas
Dimensions51.12 x 71.44 cm (20 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of William H. and Saundra B. Lane and Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Robert Dawson Evans Collection and Bequest of Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans
Accession number1990.374
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower center: DoveProvenanceFebruary 29, 1956, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York (stock no. 41/01), to William H. Lane (b. 1914 – d. 1995), Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1990, partial sale and partial gift of William H. and Saundra B. Lane to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1956: Reel 5628 (Box 72), Frame 508.

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