Pine Tree
Arthur Dove · 1931 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Arthur Dove’s love of nature deeply informed his work. As evident in Pine Tree, he rendered his subjects through abstracted form, rather than literal description. Here, the artist reconfigured the tree’s gnarled branches as rhythmically undulating shapes, and transformed its spiky needles into playfully jagged outlines. Most dramatically, three male pine cones, laden with pollen, appear as flame-like bursts. Dove loved nature, preferring to live on houseboats rather than in the heart of the city.
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Details
- Maker
- Arthur Dove (American, 1880–1946)
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 90.2 x 116.8 x 5.7 cm (35 1/2 x 46 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.4 x 101.6 cm (30 1/16 x 40 in.)
- Place of origin
- United States
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 226A American Modern
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund