Arthur Dove

Moth Dance

1929

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 66.4 cm (20 x 26 1/8 in.) framed: 51.7 x 67 x 3.1 cm (20 3/8 x 26 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Collection no.
1949.2.1
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Moth Dance — Arthur Dove. 1929.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 50.8 x 66.4 cm (20 x 26 1/8 in.) framed: 51.7 x 67 x 3.1 cm (20 3/8 x 26 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1949.2.1. Alfred Stieglitz Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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