Watercolor sketch of a ship-like vessel with a green-windowed cabin, red-brown hull, tall mast and angled cable boom, against yellow-green washes of water and shore.

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Loose watercolor and black crayon sketch of a ship-like vessel with a rounded green-windowed cabin above a red-brown hull, beside a tall mast and angled boom strung with cables. Pale yellow, green and salmon washes suggest water, shore and a distant building under a soft sky.

Artist: Arthur Dove
Date: 1932
Medium: watercolor and conte crayon on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 3000 × 2157 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1932).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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