Hand Sewing Machine
Hand Sewing Machine is one of twenty-five mixed-media works that Dove created during the 1920s. The machine is painted on a sheet of aluminum, whose dull silver surface remains visible in certain areas. The fabric being stitched is an actual piece of linen. A hand-operated sewing machine such as this one would have already been considered old-fashioned by the 1920s. However, Dove and his wife owned one and used it in their daily lives.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hand Sewing Machine
- Artist: Arthur Dove (American, Canandaigua, New York 1880–1946 Huntington, New York)
- Date: 1927
- Medium: Oil, cut and pasted linen, resin, and graphite on sheet metal, with artist-made frame
- Dimensions: 14 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (37.8 × 50.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
- Object Number: 49.92.2
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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