Abstract drawing of overlapping orange, brown, and plum crayon shapes outlined in black ink, with a small yellow rectangle and green loop above.

Abstract Composition in Pen and Crayon (1942)

An abstract composition in pen and crayon on cream paper, with overlapping shapes in orange, brown, dark plum and a small yellow rectangle. Black ink contours loop around the forms, a green loop sits at upper left, and a handwritten date appears at lower right.

Artist: Arthur Dove
Date: 1942
Medium: pen and ink and crayon on paper mounted on paperboard
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 3000 × 2092 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1942).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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