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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Red Tree and Sun
ArtistArthur Dove(1880-1946)
Date1929
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/8 x 28 1/4 x 3 in.
Mark(s)u.c., verso, stamped: FRAMED UNDER / U.F. PLEXIGLAS / DO NOT TAPE
Inscription(s)u.l., verso, in black ink: #20 - Dove / RED TREE + SUN / OIL ON CANVAS, 1929
u.r., verso, in black ink: Fragile - Do not / remove plexiglas -
u.r., verso, in pencil: 1949.11.4e
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
Provenance(Intimate Gallery, New York, NY); to Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 140× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
