Arthur Wesley Dow , (April 6, 1857–Dec 13, 1922)
4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (10.16 cm x 18.73 cm)
The Desert Book
19194 in. x 7 3/8 in. (10.16 cm x 18.73 cm)
Medium and Support: Bound volume of thirty drawings in graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor
Credit Line: Partial gift of George and Barbara Wright and partial purchase as the gift of R. Crosby Kemper through the R. Crosby Kemper Foundation
Accession Number: 2007.10.12.1-30
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Inside, Outside, Upstairs, Downstairs: The Addison Anew Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/7/2010 - 3/27/2011
- Toward Resolution: Artists’ Studies from the Collection [Phillips Academy Art 300] Addison Gallery of American Art , 5/30/2014 - 7/31/2014
- Eye on the Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2017 - 7/31/2018
- Arthur Wesley Dow: Nearest to the Divine Addison Gallery of American Art , 2/26/2022 - 7/31/2022
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(inside back cover)
2007.10.12.0
Untitled Sketch
2007.10.12.1
Palm Springs
2007.10.12.10
End of a Showery Day, Colorado Desert
2007.10.12.11
Untitled Sketch
2007.10.12.12
Cloud Shadows on the Sand Mountain
2007.10.12.13
Untitled Sketch
2007.10.12.14
Mountain Lines, Palm Springs
2007.10.12.15
Chia, Desert Grass
2007.10.12.16
Indian Wells
2007.10.12.17
Sand Dunes in the Desert, Indian Wells
2007.10.12.18
Andrea Canyon
2007.10.12.19
Incense Weed
2007.10.12.2
Rock and Sage
2007.10.12.20
Desert Mallows
2007.10.12.21
Desert Graves, Palm Springs
2007.10.12.22
Desert at Evening, Palm Springs
2007.10.12.23
Blue Bushes in the Desert
2007.10.12.24
Moon and Mesquit Bush, Colorado Desert
2007.10.12.25
The Sand Mountain from Edom
2007.10.12.26
The Desert at Edom
2007.10.12.27
Edom, Late Afternoon
2007.10.12.28
Smaller Sand Mountain and Grayback from Edom
2007.10.12.29
Setting Sunlight on Distant Peak
2007.10.12.3
The Desert Compass, Road to Edom
2007.10.12.30
Palm Springs
2007.10.12.4
Desert and Mountain Lines
2007.10.12.5
End of the Gray Day
2007.10.12.6
End of a Showery Day, Palm Springs
2007.10.12.8
Sand Verbena and Desert Flowers
2007.10.12.9
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