Morning Green

Date1941

Label TextOne of the first American artists to practice abstraction, Dove once wrote himself a note, “Work at a point where abstraction and reality meet.” This is the essence of many of his paintings, in which a recognizable motif is flattened and simplified into colored shapes. He also often made his own frames; here, he signed the frame as well as the painting.

Object number98.79

Photo CreditPhoto: Mark Woods

Exhibition HistoryWashington, D.C., The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Twentieth Century Painting from Collections in the State of Washington, Dec. 8, 1966 - Jan. 8, 1967. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, International Abstraction: Making Painting Real, May 2, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in America, July 8, 2004 - Feb 27, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, From New York to Seattle: Case Studies in American Abstraction and Realism, Jan. 15, 2020 - June 5, 2022.

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Saul and Helen Schluger

Dimensions20 1/4 x 28 in. (51.4 x 71.1 cm), stretcher bars 27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (70.5 x 90.8 cm), frame size

MediumOil and encaustic on canvas