Beginning Life at 86
Datec. 1907
Artist
Arthur Dove
(American painter, 1880–1946)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumCharcoal, gouache, and crayon on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 17 7/8 × 24 1/16 in. (45.4 × 61.1 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-86
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAlthough better known as a pioneering abstract painter, Dove earned his living for many years as an illustrator and cartoonist. His friends and contemporaries in New York included the realist painter-illustrators John Sloan, William Glackens, and Everett Shinn.
