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Photography by Robert LaPrelle
Moon and Sea No. II
Photography by Robert LaPrelle

Moon and Sea No. II

Artist (1880 - 1946)
Date1923
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
Framed: 25 in. × 19 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedverso, on canvas: Dove, 1923 December, varnished with white…wash off varnish, 1924
On View
Not on view
Label TextDove created Moon and Sea II shortly after a harrowing experience while living on his boat near New York’s Long Island Sound. A violent storm rolled in while he was moored in Manhasset Bay, and the power of the wind and rain strongly affected him. This painting captures the serene and eerie quietness after the storm had passed, with undulating layers of waves edged in black.


Dove creó Luna y mar n.º II poco después de vivir una experiencia desgarradora en su bote cerca del estuario de Long Island en Nueva York. Se desató una tormenta violenta cuando estaba atracado en la bahía Manhasset y la fuerza del viento y la lluvia lo afectaron considerablemente. Esta pintura captura la tranquilidad serena e inquietante que dejó la tormenta tras su paso, con las capas ondulantes de olas bordeadas en negro.
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