Harvard Art Museums > 1971.3: Gas Tanks (Study for "Tanks") Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Gas Tanks (Study for "Tanks") (Arthur G. Dove) , 1971.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308962. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1971.3 People Arthur G. Dove, American (Canandaigua, NY 1880 - 1946 Huntington, NY) Title Gas Tanks (Study for "Tanks") Other Titles Alternate Title: Gas Tank and Building Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1937-38 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308962 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and black ink on white wove paper Dimensions 12.8 x 17.8 cm (5 1/16 x 7 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, lower center: Dove Provenance Recorded Ownership History George Burton Cumming, Norwalk, Connecticut, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1971. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of George Burton Cumming in memory of E. Louise Lucas Accession Year 1971 Object Number 1971.3 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 9, 25, 39, 95, cat. 17, fig. 11 (detail) Sue Welsh Reed and Carol Troyen, Awash in Color: Homer, Sargent, and the Great American Watercolor, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1993), p. lxv, fig. 26 Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 42 on p. 111 Exhibition History Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971 Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977 American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
