Attributed to Arthur Dove, private collection, no coa medium: oil measurements:34"HX40"W framed, good condition Biography:Arthur Garfield Dove was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter. Dove used a wide range of media, sometimes in unconventional combinations, to produce his abstractions and his abstract landscapes.In July 1924 when Arthur Dove and Helen Torr sailed into Huntington Harbor aboard their 42-foot yawl, Mona, they could not have anticipated the extent to which Long Island's North Shore would inspire some of their greatest paintings. They lived in Halesite until the Great Depression when both Dove and Torr moved back to Dove's estate located in Geneva. In spite of support from various members of the art community, it was often necessary for Dove to earn money through farming, fishing and commercial illustration. Dove's most consistent supporter was Duncan Phillips, founder of the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., which now holds the majority of Dove's work. Dove's work convinced Philips that abstract was an artistic process, not just an art style.Stieglitz's gallery was first visited by Phillips because of Dove, and he continued to return to see Dove's work.In exchange for first choice of paintings from each exhibition, Phillips paid Dove a commission of $50.00 a month. Dove met Phillips only once in his lifetime, in 1936. In 1937 Phillips purchased Goin Fishin for $2,000.00, then the largest sum paid for any of Dove's work Phillips also purchased “Huntington Harbor 1.”Dove produced about twenty-five assemblages between 1924 and 1930.