Exhibition History"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, January 24, 1998 - May 10, 1998
"American Art of the Great Depression: Two Sides of the Coin," Wichita Art Museum, KS, Oct. 27 - Dec. 1, 1985
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider, Mason City, Jan. 14 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"The Kirsch Years," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Guest in the Gallery," Waterloo Municipal Gallery, Feb. 16 - 24, 1963
"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 10 - Mar. 12, 1961
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960
"Arthur Dove," San Francisco Museum of Art, Aug. 4 - Sept. 30, 1959
"Art To-Day,"Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (purchased from exhibition)
"Arthur G. Dove, Exhibition of Paintings (1934-1935)" An American Place, April 21 - May 22, 1935
Published ReferencesDMAC Bulletin, Apr. 1958, cover ill.
"American Art of the Great Depression: Two Sides of the Coin," Wichita Art Museum, KS, 1985, exh. cat. ref. p.64, b/w ill. p.120
"The Kirsch Years," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, cat. no.16
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.100, color ill. p.101
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.33
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, IA, 1983, exh. cat. no.11
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.62 & 63, b/w ill. pl.43, p.63
"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, 1961, exh. cat. no.87
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
"American Art of the Great Depression: Two Sides of the Coin," Wichita Art Museum, KS, Oct. 27 - Dec. 1, 1985
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider, Mason City, Jan. 14 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"The Kirsch Years," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Guest in the Gallery," Waterloo Municipal Gallery, Feb. 16 - 24, 1963
"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 10 - Mar. 12, 1961
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960
"Arthur Dove," San Francisco Museum of Art, Aug. 4 - Sept. 30, 1959
"Art To-Day,"Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (purchased from exhibition)
"Arthur G. Dove, Exhibition of Paintings (1934-1935)" An American Place, April 21 - May 22, 1935
Published ReferencesDMAC Bulletin, Apr. 1958, cover ill.
"American Art of the Great Depression: Two Sides of the Coin," Wichita Art Museum, KS, 1985, exh. cat. ref. p.64, b/w ill. p.120
"The Kirsch Years," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, cat. no.16
AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.100, color ill. p.101
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.33
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, IA, 1983, exh. cat. no.11
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.62 & 63, b/w ill. pl.43, p.63
"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, 1961, exh. cat. no.87
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
DimensionsFrame: 25 3/16 × 33 3/16 × 2 in. (64 × 84.3 × 5.1 cm)
Canvas: 20 × 28 in. (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Image (visible): 19 5/8 × 27 5/8 in. (49.8 × 70.2 cm)
Canvas: 20 × 28 in. (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Image (visible): 19 5/8 × 27 5/8 in. (49.8 × 70.2 cm)
Accession Number 1958.21
Classificationspainting
SignedDove (l,c oil paint)
Catalogue raisonnéBricker Balekn 35.8
ProvenanceArtist. (An American Place, New York [1935]). Downtown Gallery, New York [by 1958]; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from previous, 1958]
