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Over the Harbor, Centerport
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Over the Harbor, Centerport is one of many small-scale watercolors Dove created in his beloved Long Island, New York, during the last years of his life. This landscape provided constant inspiration for the artist who preferred the organic shapes of nature to the angular shapes of the city. In this abstract, lyrical composition, Dove captured the essence of the harbor with loosely painted black lines and an earthy palette. Flecks of white paper, left purposely exposed, create a texture reminiscent of sea-foam and clouds.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOver the Harbor, Centerport. 1942. Arthur Dove, born Canandaigua, NY 1880-died Huntington, NY 1946. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin. CC0.
