{"product_id":"clouds-and-water","title":"Clouds and Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eArthur Dove (American, 1880–1946)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e29 5\/8\" x 39 5\/8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(1930) \"\u003ci\u003eClouds and Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was inspired by the landscape of Halesite, a town on the north shore of Long Island where Dove and his companion Helen \"Reds\" Torr lived in the late 1920s. They resided on their boat, the Mona, in warm weather and they had just begun their first winter as caretakers of the Ketewomoke Yacht Club in November 1929. From their second-floor room at the Yacht Club, surrounded by windows on three sides, Dove and Torr had an unimpeded view of Huntington Harbor. In the airy marine prospect of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClouds and Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, several sailboats dip along the surface of the waves, and a landscape of rounded hills rises in the distance. The sky, which fills half the canvas, is banded with long curving lines that suggest wind currents. The painting's unrestrained painting style indicates Dove's philosophy about the elements of nature: they are independent yet interconnected, unique yet mutable. He also expressed this idea in the verse-like statement that he had written earlier for the catalogue of the exhibition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeven Americans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1925, which reads in part:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Works of nature are abstract.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey do not lean on other things for meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe seagull is not like the sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNor is the sun like the moon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sun draws water from the sea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe clouds are not like either one—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey do not keep one form forever.\"\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/488484\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - Clouds and Water\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arthur Dove","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49887125471475,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (29 5\/8\" x 39 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887125504243,"sku":null,"price":1937.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (15 1\/2\" x 20 3\/4\")","offer_id":49887125537011,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (19\" x 25 3\/8\")","offer_id":49887125569779,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (23 1\/4\" x 31 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887125602547,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (30\" x 40 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887125635315,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (36\" x 48 1\/4\")","offer_id":49887125668083,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (42 3\/8\" x 56 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887125700851,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (50 7\/8\" x 68 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887125733619,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/Screenshot_7-9-2026_15848_www.metmuseum.org.jpg?v=1788760767","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/clouds-and-water","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}